Joseph T. Thomas, Jr. , Assistant Professor Office: AL-255 Phone: 594-8430 E-mail: jtthomas@mail.sdsu.edu Webpage: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~jtthomas/index.html Curriculum Vitae

Educational background

Ph.D. Illinois State University, May 2003. English Studies. Children's Literature Concentration.

Statement of interests

Children's Literature (especially Contemporary Children's Poetry), Historical and Contemporary Avant-garde & Innovative Writing, Literary Theory & Philosophy, Image-Text Theory

Publications:

• Poetry's Playground: The Culture of Contemporary American Children's Poetry. (Wayne State University Press: Landscapes of Childhood Series, 2007)
• Strong Measures. (Make Now Press, Los Angeles, CA. 2007)
• Various articles, reviews, and biographical/critical essays (See Curriculum Vitae)
  

Current Research:

• I am preparing a book-length exploration of Shel Silverstein's life and works, tentatively titled "The Devil's favorite pet": Shel Silverstein, an American Iconoclast. I am also investigating various constraint-based writing processes in the vein of my recent book, Strong Measures (Make Now P, 2008).

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