Josh Cook

Josh Cook is a writer, editor, semi-retired critic, and occasional teacher. He received his MFA in fiction from Pacific University, and his writing has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Washington Post, the Iowa Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, the Rumpus, the Minnesota Star Tribune, and many other venues. His fiction has earned him a Pushcart Prize nomination, a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and he was also awarded the Excellence in Teaching Fellowship from the Loft Literary Center in 2018. Once upon a time, he was the editor at large of Thirty-Two Magazine (R.I.P.) and wrote regular profiles on craftspeople for The Growler magazine. (Also R.I.P.) He’s edited a wide range of book-length fiction and creative nonfiction, from travel memoirs to coming-of-age novels to science fiction to sports history. When not writing, he can be found running the beautiful trails and parkways of the Twin Cities, digging through vinyl bins at local record stores, or spending time with his family. He lives in Saint Paul with his wife, daughter, and the sweetest rescue dog of all time.