Joan Gelfand

The author of three poetry collections, a chapbook of short fiction and the Amazon #1 best seller "You Can Be a Winning Writer" (Mango press) Joan's debut novel, "Extreme" was published by Blue Light Press in July 2020.

Her letters, articles, reviews and poetry have appeared in numerous national and international magazines including The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, PANK! Poetry Flash, Rattle, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Levure Litteraire and Poets & Writers. Widely anthologized, Joan's poetry and essays are published in numerous literary journals, including: Chicken Soup for the Soul, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Jewish Womens Literary Annual,Kalliope and If Women Ruled the World, an internation

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