Joan Gelfand

Joan Gelfand’s reviews, stories, essays and poetry have appeared in national and international literary journals and magazines including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Rattle, Prairie Schooner, Kalliope, The Toronto Review, Levure Litteraire,  Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Sycamore Review and RiverSedge.

The author of three well-reviewed poetry collections and an award-winning chapbook of short fiction, Joan’s novel “Fear to Shred” takes place in a Silicon Valley startup. Mastadon Press will publish the novel in 2019 

“You Can Be a Winning Writer: The 4 C’s of Author Success: Craft, Commitment, Community and Confidence” was published by Mango Press in July, 2018.

Past President of the Women’s National Book Association, Joan is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and a juror for the Northern California Book Awards. Joan has been a registered blogger for the Huffington Post and coach for writers seeking publication.  

“The Ferlinghetti School of Poetics,” a poetry film based on Joan’s poem was featured at the 4^th Annual Video Poetry Festival in Athens, Greece and won Certificate of Merit in a juried art show at the International Association for the Study of Dreams.  

She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Adam Hertz and two beatnik kitties – Jack Kerouac and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.