I have been writing professionally, on a freelance basis, for more than a decade. I have written book reviews, music recording reviews, conducted interviews with artists in a variety of disciplines, composed features and essays on a range of topics (arts and culture, mainly, but also politics, technology, and current events), and produced scholarly research.
From 1998 through 2006, I was a regular contributor to The Dallas Morning News. In the main, my reviews for the "Sunday Reader" (later, "ArtsSunday", now, "GuideLive") portion of the newspaper were for novels and nonfiction works on the subjects of travel, exploration and natural history. I also wrote an occasional column on the topics of the e-books and electronic publishing.
During the same period, I published a good deal of music criticism and commentary, most prominently in the pages of the now-defunct publications One Final Note and Bagatellen, for which I served as Editor-In-Chief from roughly 2003 to 2005. I frequently wrote about jazz, improvised musics in general and experimental sound practive, with the occasional foray into more popular forms. Though I no longer write as actively within these disciplines, I do remain a dedicated listener, and am receptive to queries for recording reviews and such from artists, labels and editors. Please see "contact." below for additional details.
I have placed fiction and poetry in a diverse array of publications, both in print and online. I am also currently at wotk on several manuscripts; for more information, see "current projects." below.
I hold a BA in English, with a concentration in Creative Writing, from SMU (1994) and an MFA in Creative Writing from CalArts (2008.)
My writing has been recognized by PEN USA (Texas Chapter), the Summer Literary Seminars committee, and Pushcart Press.
I am available for freelance assignments. If you would like to send a query or learn more about my areas of expertise, rates, etc., please see "contact." below for more information.
What follows is a selected list of my publications, from the most recent to the (for lack of a better term) most historical. A comprehensive list of my publications is available upon request. Please see "contact." below for additional details.
"Accessible." [Fiction.] Super Arrow 4 [Online journal.] June, 2011. Available: http://www.superarrow.org/IssueFour/Milazzo.html.
"Notes For An Undelivered Lecture on Matthew Whitenack’s 'Distressing A Manufactured Hope.'" [Essay.] Drunken Boat [Online journal.] May 6, 2011. Available: http://www.drunkenboat.com/?p=1678.
"Hot Violin" and "Jimmy" [visual texts], included in the exhibit Unfinished Analogies. Konsthall C, Cigarrvägen 14, Farsta, Sweden: April 22, 2011 - May 8, 2011.
"Landscapes In Use [Paisajes En Uso.]" [Poem / Visual Poetry.] LIES/ISLE 5: "Silence." [Online journal.] March 30, 2011. Available: http://liesisle.com/issue05/joemilazzo.html.
"Michel Verjux: Breathe, Walk, Look (Dallas Contemporary.)" [Review.] Art Lies 67 [Online journal.] March 2011. Available: http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=2014&issue=67&s=0.
"An Interview With Nicholas Grider." [Interview.] Drunken Boat [Online journal.] February 17, 2011. Available: http://www.drunkenboat.com/?p=1515.
"A Spray Of Bucklers." [Audio / Sound Art.] Textsound 11 (February 2011.) [Online journal.] Available: "http://textsound.org/index.php?ISSUE=11.
"Verb Captures Pronoun; Article To Preposition." [Fiction.] Everyday Genius [Online journal.] January 21, 2011. Available: http://www.everyday-genius.com/2011/01/verb-captures-pronoun-article-to.html.
"Eleven Questions Re: Eleven Clouds." [Interview with sound artist Robert Kirkpatrick.] Drunken Boat [Online journal.] December 2, 2010. Available: http://www.drunkenboat.com/?p=1404.
"Interview: Paul Slocum." [Interview.] Drunken Boat [Online journal.] October 28, 2010. Available: http://www.drunkenboat.com/?p=1282.
"Spotlight on... Joe Milazzo." [Interview.] Dark Sky Magazine [Online journal.] October 18, 2010. Available: http://darkskymagazine.com/joe-milazzo/.
"Inverse Reliquary (A Proposal)." Included in the proceedings of the 2010 FAIR Conference. October 3, 2010. Hotel MariaKapel; Hoorn, NL. Available: http://2010fair.wordpress.com/fair-submissions/.
"A Long Talk With Lewis Shiner." [Interview.] Black Clock Blog [Online journal.] July 19, 2010. Available: http://blackclock.org/blog/interviews/2010/a-long-talk-with-lewis-shiner.
"Literally Rankling." [Essay.] Black Clock Blog [Online journal.] June 7, 2010. Available: http://blackclock.org/blog/inside/2010/literally-rankling.
"Twitterature: When Moby Dick Became The Fail Whale." [Interview / Essay.] Black Clock Blog [Online journal.] May 2, 2010. Available:
http://blackclock.org/blog/throwdowns/2010/twitterature-when-moby-dick-became-the-fail-whale.
"Record Of An Easter Sunday [Disco De Una Pascua Domingo]," "Bread And Joy [Pão E Alegria]," "A Fisherman's Devotions [Um Pescador Da Devoções]," "Saudosismo," and "from Slow Studies [Retarde Los Estudios Lento.]" [Poetry.] Antennae 11 (May 2010.) 68 - 75.
"Excerpt from Visions Of A Mexican Wrestler." [Fiction.] Drunken Boat 11 (Winter 2010.) Available: http://www.drunkenboat.com/db11/02fic/milazzo/visions1.php.
"Monsieur Sourdine Replaces A Coat." [Fiction.] Black Clock 11 (Fall 2009 / Winter 2010.) 78 - 88.
"4 Origins Of The Articulate, Requiring Proof." [Fiction.] In Posse Review (Autumn 2009.) Available: http://www.inpossereview.com/IPR_Milazzo.htm.
"Joy Of A Toy." [Essay.] You've Probably Read This Before: An Alumni Anthology From The CalArts MFA Writing Program. California Institute Of The Arts, 2009. 114 - 119.
"After The Interfered Year (Após O Ano Intrometido.)" [Poetry.] Tea Party 18: "The Free Issue" (Summer 2009.) 49.
Wounded Unwound: 25 Expandable Points Towards A Literature Of Violence. [Essay.] Valeveil Projects. 2009. Available: http://www.valeveil.se/en/polemics.html (http://www.valeveil.se/en/pdfs/vv_polemics_milazzo.pdf.)
"Spinsters, Fully Furnished." [Fiction.] Forces 20 (Spring 2009.) 55.
"Wearing Out The Mollusk." [Fiction.] Explorsion [Online journal.] March 7, 2009. Available: http://explorsion.com/2009/03/wearing-out-mollusk.html.
"Trained Twofold." [Fiction.] Explorsion [Online journal.] October 24, 2008. Available: http://www.explorsion.com/2008/10/trained-twofold.html.
"1989 / Midnight / Texas." [Fiction.] Chronometry: A Collection Of Time-Based Writings And Ephemera [Anthology.] Superchen, 2008. 27 - 43.
"Excerpt From Crepuscule W/ Nellie." [Fiction.] Next Words 2008 [Anthology.] California Institute of the Arts, 2008. 63 - 66.
"[John Waters Wrote This.]" [Fiction.] Artizen. November 2006. 34 - 36.
"A 9/11 story manqué." [Book review, Jay McInerney’s The Good Life.] The Dallas Morning News. February 5, 2006. 11G.
"Discovering grace in unlikely places." [Book review, Benjamin Alire Sàenz's In Perfect Light.] The Dallas Morning News. October 9, 2005. 12G.
"Literary contortions on the way home." [Book review, John McManus' Bitter Milk.] The Dallas Morning News. July 10, 2005. 8G.
"No Idea Festival : Austin, Texas, 31st March – 2nd April 2005." [Music performance review.] Paris Transatlantic Magazine [Online journal.] May 2005. Available: http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/monthly2005/05may_text.html#2.
"A fix-it guide for the world." [Book review, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed.] The Dallas Morning News. February 13, 2005.
"Bluesman's portrait is a howling success." [Book review, James Segrest's and Mark Hoffman's Moanin' At Midnight: The Life And Times of Howlin' Wolf.] The Dallas Morning News. November 21, 2004. 9G.
"Hell is other people in the inner circle." [Book review, James Hynes' Kings Of Infinite Space.] The Dallas Morning News. November 14, 2004. 11G.
"Reaching into his mailbag of tricks." [Book review, Terry Pratchett's Going Postal.] The Dallas Morning News. November 7, 2004. 11G.
"Re-opening Hind's Kidnap." [Essay / contributing to festschrift honoring Joseph McElroy.] electronic book review [Online journal.] August 20, 2004. Available: http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/criticalecologies/angling.
"The devil hides in a dog-eared book." [Book review, Carlos Ruiz Zafón's The Shadow Of The Wind.] The Dallas Morning News. July 18, 2004. 8G.
"Music From The ONCE Festival, 1961 - 1965." [Essay / music recording review.] Bagatellen [Online journal.] April 9, 2004. Available: http://www.bagatellen.com/?p=416 OR http://www.bagatellen.com/archives/features/000478.html.
"What’s the magic of books?" [Book review, Nicholas A. Basbanes’ A Splendor Of Letters: The Permanence Of Books In An Impermanent World.] The Dallas Morning News. April 4, 2004. 10G.
"I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart." [Film review / essay.] Bagatellen [Online journal.] December 7, 2003. Available: http://www.bagatellen.com/?p=264.
"Jimmy Lyons : The Box Set." [Feature / music recording review.] One Final Note [Online journal.] December 1, 2003. Available: http://www.onefinalnote.com/features/2003/lyons/.
"More to libraries than meets the shelf." [Book review, Matthew Battles' Library: An Unquiet History.] The Dallas Morning News. September 7, 2003. 10G.
"Tim Berne Interview, June 19, 2003." Bagatellen [Online journal.] July 29, 2003. Available: http://www.bagatellen.com/?p=124.
"Why Do We Care About Improvisation?" [Essay.] Bagatellen [Online journal.] May 7, 2003. Available: http://www.bagatellen.com/?p=48.
"Herb Robertson: An Unlikely Metaphysician." Copper Press. Issue 11 (2002.) 58 - 63.
"E-publishing topics run the gamut." The Dallas Morning News. August 5, 2001. 9C.
"Treasure to trash." [Book review, Nicholson Baker's Double Fold: Libraries And The Assault On Paper.] The Dallas Morning News. May 6, 2001. 8C.
"Dennis Gonzalez : The OFN Interview." One Final Note [Online journal.] Spring 2001. Available: http://www.onefinalnote.com/features/2001/gonzalez/.
"Electronic sites opening exciting doors to readers." The Dallas Morning News. August 27, 2000. 8J.
"Ancient man meets modern science." [Book review, Brenda Fowler's Iceman: Uncovering The Life And Times Of A Prehistoric Man Found In An Alpine Glacier.] The Dallas Morning News. May 21, 2000. 9J.
"Adventurer fills in Gobi's blank canvas." [Book review, John Man's Gobi: Tracking The Desert.] The Dallas Morning News. November 14, 1999. 11J.
"Pilgrim finds substance in skimming the surface." [Book review, Jennifer Lash's On Pilgrimage.] The Dallas Morning News. April 25, 1999. 10J.
"Polar Extremes." [Book reviews, Diana Preston's A First Rate Tragedy, Douglas Mawson's The Home Of The Blizzard, and Caroline Alexander's The Endurance.] The Dallas Morning News. November 15, 1998. 8J.
