Joy Castro
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Born | 1967 |
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Website | https://www.joycastro.com/ |
Joy Castro
Early life and its influences on her writing
Of her childhood in Miami, London (UK), and, from age 7 through high school graduation in West Virginia, Castro has said, "I came from a very restricted, oppressive background[28] — I was first-gen, from a background of poverty, and from a fundamentalist Christian sect that did not believe, for example, in evolution or in voting — and yet somehow I had always been hungry for the life of the mind." Her award-winning work in nonfiction and fiction has explored her own history of abuse an political and social commentary, often under the guise of crime fiction, describing it as "the genre of justice[29]." Moreover, "Socrates understood the power of revealing stories of violence, particularly violence done by the powerful, and he feared its effects upon the polis: the disruptive impact troll upon the state of telling precisely the kinds of micropolitical stories of violence that crime fiction features. Telling our stories can reshape the world.[15]"
Critical reception for recent works
Of Flight Risk, Melissa Scholes Young said, in Fiction Writers Review:[30] "Even when relying on our own roots, we are excavating the generations who walked this road before we set a foot upon it. Reclaiming those roots as part of our own identity rather than covering them for the smoother path is also an act of revolution, especially when that existence was impoverished. When the narrator in Flight Risk comments that hunger is a secret to keep and claims the shame of wanting food in an abundant world, there is a revelation that readers must wrestle with their own indictment in. If poverty is a feminist issue, we must not look away but rather consider how discriminations and prejudice of gender persist. Flight Risk rises to this challenge and reveals hope for a world where women might be valued and self-determining. There is beauty and peace in Isabel Morales’ vision of justice for herself and the land she loves."
Introducing Castro's recent short fiction, "Ein Haus am Meer," in The Brooklyn Rail,[18] Will Chancellor said, "the story's pacing, mood, and questioning achieve the aim of great ekphrasis: to capture transitory, elusive beauty and communicate its vital energy."
Castro's essays in particular are often adopted for course curriculums, and Megan Culhane Galbraith said, "I just used this piece by Joy Castro in my workshop last night. We discussed resilience and resistance and writing about risky subjects."[31]
References
- ^ "Joy Castro". Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- OCLC 1313904885.
- OCLC 1260291843.)
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- ^ a b "Joy Castro of Ohio State University Press". Poets & Writers. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ CRAFT (2020-12-15). "Interview: Joy Castro". CRAFT. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Castro, Joy (12 November 2021). "Writing Brilliant Essays". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "On the Life and Under-Recognized Work of Margery Latimer, Visionary Modernist Writer". Literary Hub. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ a b "How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society". CrimeReads. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal For Flight Risk - The Rumpus.net". therumpus.net. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Spring 2019 | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ a b Castro, Joy (2022-06-01). "Ein Haus am Meer". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Joy Castro – Senses of Cinema". 12 February 2004. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Castro, Joy (2014-06-13). "Donna Tartt's multicultural fantasy: How "The Goldfinch" got away with its disgraceful racial politics". Salon. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Racial and Ethnic Justice in the Creative Writing Course". gulfcoastmag.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "How We See One Another: Our Guest Editors Castro and Sukrungruang in Conversation | Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction". brevitymag.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Afro-Hispanic Review". Afro-Hispanic Review. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Seneca Review: Back Issues". www.hws.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Joy Castro | Department of English". www.unl.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Padilla, Kayla. "Q&A with author Joy Castro". Trinitonian. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "The Fallout of Disaster". chapter16.org. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Young, Melissa Scholes. "Reclaiming Our Roots: A Conversation with Joy Castro". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Megan Culhane Galbraith [@megangalbraith] (December 8, 2022). "I just used this piece by @_JoyCastro in my workshop last night. We discussed resilience and resistance and writing about risky subjects. I'm grateful for her words here @poetswritersinc and for her belief in mine" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-01-02 – via Twitter.