Joan Gelfand's reviews, stories and poetry have appeared in 
					over 100 national and international 
					literary journals and magazines including Rattle, Prairie 
					Schooner, Kalliope, California Quarterly, the Toronto 
					Review, Marsh Hawk Review and Levure Litteraire.Joan has been a featured reader at numerous venues in the 
					United States and Mexico  including Bowery Poetry Club, the 
					Southern Festivalof Books, The Public Library of New York, 
					and Litquake. Development Chair of the Women’s National Book 
					Association, a member of the National Book Critics Circle 
					and a juror for the Northern California Book Awards, Joan 
					blogs for the Huffington Post and coaches writers.
international 
					literary journals and magazines including Rattle, Prairie 
					Schooner, Kalliope, California Quarterly, the Toronto 
					Review, Marsh Hawk Review and Levure Litteraire.Joan has been a featured reader at numerous venues in the 
					United States and Mexico  including Bowery Poetry Club, the 
					Southern Festivalof Books, The Public Library of New York, 
					and Litquake. Development Chair of the Women’s National Book 
					Association, a member of the National Book Critics Circle 
					and a juror for the Northern California Book Awards, Joan 
					blogs for the Huffington Post and coaches writers.