Biography

Joan Schadt Biddle was born in Memphis, TN in 1979. After earning her BA in English and French from The University of Texas at Austin, she attended Johns Hopkins where she received an MA in Poetry, and later The New School where she earned an MFA in Poetry. At Johns Hopkins Biddle taught fiction, poetry, acting, and expository writing. Biddle served on the panel “The Poet as Performer: Giving Effective Readings” at the 2006 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference. She lives in Memphis where she is a freelance writer, editor, and English instructor at the University of Memphis. Her poetry and book reviews have appeared in Half-Drunk Muse, The Yalobusha Review, The Red Booth Review, The Country Dog Review, Small Spiral Notebook, and Gently Read Literature. An audio podcast of Biddle reading her poetry can be found on apostrophecast.com.

Photo by Walt Biddle