Her bio

Joy's essays, columns, and articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Months to Years, Catamaran Literary Reader, Hippocampus Magazine, HerStry, the Manifest-Station, Of Rust and Glass, BLUNTmoms, the Star Tribune, Grown and Flown, Minnesota Parent, and Topology Magazine. Her essays are included in “Dog Years” and “Publish Her Anthology: Better Together.”

Editing

Past and present clients include: Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) • Publish Her™ Press • the Vintage Band Festival • the Northfield Historical Society • SERC, The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College  • the Carleton College Voice •

Other activities

• Joy is the co-founder of The Fisher Cats, a community of women writers who study under Minneapolis author and teacher Kate Hopper.

• Joy serves on the board of the Vintage Band Festival, a nonprofit group that organizes a four-day international vintage music festival in Northfield every three years and a one-day festival in the intervening years. The next festival is set for July 30-Aug. 2, 2026.

Sampling of Joy’s personal essays

Living with the Dead, Months to Years, September 2025

The Case of the Drowned Fiancé, Catamaran Literary Magazine, Summer 2024

A Balancing Act, Hippocampus Magazine, Jan. 17, 2023

The Impermanence of Happiness, HerStry, Nov. 16, 2022

On the Cusp, The Manifest-Station, Aug. 7, 2021

An Interview with My Pandemic Self, BLUNTmoms, April 21, 2021

Parenting in a Crisis and the Kindness of Strangers, Grown and Flown, March 13, 2020

Articles & columns about Joy’s book