Author Description

The poems in Chuck Joy's new collection, Said the Growling Dog, bark and howl with exuberance, wit, and tail-wagging rhythms. They scamper from Erie and Pittsburgh to the Bronx, White House, and Monument Valley. In narrative and lyric modes, they explore the boundaries between imagination and observation, contemplation and action, where every experience presents itself as "a book ready to be written / a yellow fruit that tastes like beer." Poetry, for Joy, becomes the means by which he appeases the "bear" stalking him at work in one poem and finds the locus of beauty in a crippling blizzard in another. These poems, intended for "all of us, mutts / and blokes," teach us, touch us, and call us to romp and bound with joy. -Berwyn Moore, author of O Body Swayed, & Professor, Gannon University An Erie-based American poet, Chuck Joy has authored several collections of poetry including Key West Quartet (Edinboro Book Arts Collective), All Smooth (Destitute Press), and Every Tiger Wants To Sing (Poets' Hall Press). . A child psychiatrist, Dr. Joy is co-chair of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Art Committee and poetry coordinator for the AACAP News. He has presented workshops featuring poetry at AACAP and American Psychiatry Association annual meetings. Chuck graduated from Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY. Chuck enjoys working with musicians and participates regularly in events including both poetry and music. Together with Kurt Sahlmann as Enhanced Poetry, Chuck can be heard on the CD Live at the Jive (CDBaby.com). 8 He lives in Erie, PA with his wife, Dawn and their dog, Hunter, their children, Nicole, Veronica, and Greg.