Joshua Mohr (born July 8, 1976) is an American

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Biography

Joshua Mohr moved to the Bay Area (from

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, AZ) in 1988, and currently lives in the Mission District of

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, CA. He attended

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for his undergraduate studies, where he received two

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degrees: the first in

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, the second in creative writing. He then went on to receive a

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in creative writing at the

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, where he graduated in 2005. Joshua Mohr teaches creative writing at The Writing Salon in San Francisco and at the

Reception

Reception to Mohr's work has been predominantly positive, receiving positive reviews from ''O Magazine'' and SF Gate. His novel ''Termite Parade'' was listed as an "Editor's Choice" by the New York Times in 2010.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Some Things that Meant the World to Me'' (2009) *''Termite Parade'' (2010) *''Damascus'' (2011) *''Fight Song: A Novel'' (2013) *''All This Life: A Novel'' (2015)

Short Stories

*''Dressing the Dead''

Other publications

*Other Voices'' *''Cimarron Review'' *''Gulf Coast'' *''Pleiades'' *
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' (BPM Publishing, 2004), poetry, 55 pages,

References

External links

Official author websiteA Faithful Grope in the Dark
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