JOY LEFTOW
212-569-4048
 
PRODUCTION EDITOR:
  • The Street Literature Review and various novels by Augustus Publishing     2005-2007 
PUBLISHED FICTION:
  • False Pride, a short story included in anthology Lipstick Diaries
  • Esmerilds’s Gift, short story included in Spot Of Bleach

CREATIVE NON-FICTION:

  • Menopause, an article published in Wings On-Line Magazine
  • Daily Rituals for Meditation,  a short prose piece included in a Spot Of Bleach 
LITERACY TEACHER:   Beacon Program, Child Development Program - P.S. 8: Saturdays from Sept. 06 to April 07
  • Provide literacy training for 3 to 5 year olds and their parents
  • Provide a nurturing environment to encourage 7 & 8 year olds to learn writing skills
ORIGINAL POETRY PUBLISHED IN:
  •     Soul Fountain (Vault Magazine) (Published in several issues) 
  •     National Poetry Magazine of The Lower East Side (Published in several issues)  1994
  •     Manhattan Times Vol.7 No 18 May 4 - May 10, 2006
  •     Erato, A Park Slope Poetry Publication
  •     Another Morning, Lulu Publications
  •     Medicinal Purposes, Volume lll. No. 1 Early 2006   
  •     Poetry in Performance 34, City College of New York, 2006
  •     Spot Of Bleach, Big Foot Press: 2005
  •     Asheville Poetry Review, spring – summer 1996
  •     RainTiger.com: The Poetry Cafe (Published in several issues) 2006, 2007
  •     Poetry Magazine Of The Lower East Side (Published in several issues) 1993, 1996
  •     Chew Bone, Big Foot Press 1995
  •     New Press Literary Quarterly  (Published in several issues) 1993, 1996
  •     Poems That Thump In The Dark  1994
  •     Wings  (poetry & articles published in both printed chapbooks & online issues) 1993, 2005
  •     Spirit News 1994
  •     Bob's Joint 1995
  •     Grist on Line (Internet) 1995
  •     Copulation 1996
  •     Insights of Joy 1996
  •     Second Glance 1996

 *  Other places available on request

APPEARANCES ON MEDIA:  

  • Wikipedia Biography, categorized under Jewish American poets
  • Listed at Poets & Writers website 
  • Book Spot of Bleach showcased at Poets House, 2007
  • Various online blogs 

RADIO:

  •     WFLO radio, Jazz Poetry Café
  •     Teachers and Writers Collaborative radio show, Everything Goes
  •     Rockland World Radio Cool on the Groove (archived & streaming on the www)
  •     IndieFeed: Performance Poetry, The best spoken word artists (available on itunes)

  •     Adelphi Radio, WBAU-Fm:  Sounds Of Poetry

REGULAR T.V.

  • The New Yorkers

PUBLIC ACCESS T.V. 

  • Poetry Central (L.I.), 
  • Ideas & Images, (L.I.)
  • Flying Fish Poetry Show   
  • Washington Heights And Inwood Isn't In The Bronx                             
  • Inner Joy (I produced and hosted the show)        

FEATURED READER-PERFORMER OF POETRY AT:  

  •     Spoken Word Café
  •     Art Stroll of Washington Heights & Inwood 2004 – 2007 (Organized & hosted the event)
  •     Tribes    
  •     Backfence
  •     Bowery Poetry Club
  •     Cornelia Street Cafe 
  •     CBGB
  •     The Wetlands   
  •     The Red Door
  •     Moroccan Star
  •     Jane's Cafe
  •     Le Poeme
  •     The Green Pavilion
  •     The Paris Cafe  (Huntington, L.I.)
  •     Palmer Vineyards  (L.I.)
  •     Columbia University Night Of Creative Practice, 2005 - 2006

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT:    1996 THE FUNERAL, SVA STUDENT THESIS FILM

    • Organized and kept actors and crew informed of all new developments such as shootingschedule, managed money, did all liaison and paper work concerning finances and outside companies, i.e. film development & processing, sound, supplies, food, etc.

DIRECTOR & HOST:   Weekly Cable Series: Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Inner Joy 1994-97  

ASSISTANT EDITOR:   New Press Literary Quarterly 1993-95  

THEATRICAL TRAINING:

  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts 
  • Columbia University:  Drama Department, with Aaron Frankel, James Coco 

ARTS INTERACTION & HEIGHTS SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS

  • Acted in various roles at different venues

EDUCATION:

  • M.A. Creative Writing Program, City University Graduate Program, 2001    
  • M.S.W. School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1985
  • B.A. Anthropology, Columbia University, 1983
  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1967-1968

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: