Office Location: 304J Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address: japorter@duke.edu
Shakespearean Joseph A. Porter's books are The
Drama of Speech Acts and Shakespeare's
Mercutio, his edited Critical Essays on
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and his eight co-edited volumes of Renaissance Papers. His primary
works in progress are the MLA New Variorum
Othello, and
Shakespearean Moorings, a cultural study of
Othello. His awards include the NEH Folger Institute
Fellowship.
Fiction writer Joe Ashby Porter's books are the novels
Eelgrass, Resident Aliens, and The Near Future, and the
collections The Kentucky Stories, Lithuania:
Short Stories, Touch Wood: Short Stories, and All Aboard: Stories. His work in progress includes a collection of short
stories, a novel, and a memoir. His awards include two
NEA Creative Writing Fellowships, and a 2004 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Literature with the commendation "No writer of his gifted generation has shown greater daring or has earned higher praise."