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Joe Sacksteder is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Sweet Briar College, specializing in multi-genre and experimental writing. He holds a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Utah, where he served as Managing Editor of Quarterly West. His work spans novels, short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and audiovisual art, often blending genres and interrogating themes like identity, culture, and artistic process.
Education: B.A. (St. John’s University), M.A. (Eastern Michigan University), Ph.D. (University of Utah). His research interests include fiction aesthetics, genre hybridity, and experimental narrative forms. He teaches courses such as Scary Stories, Writing About Music, and The Love Story.
Publications include the novel Driftless Quintet (2019), short story collection Make/Shift (2017, award-winning), and audio album Fugitive Traces (2017). He has received the 2017 Linda Bruckheimer Series and 2018 Nicholas Schaffner Award. His recent novel Hack House (2025) explores experimental horror.
Professional roles include Director of Creative Writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts and contributions to journals like Salt Hill, Ninth Letter, and Denver Quarterly. His interdisciplinary work bridges literature, music, and visual arts, exemplified by Fugitive Traces, a collage of Werner Herzog’s film commentary with music.
