Download or read book Joyless Kingdom written by Shane Cashman and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joyless Kingdom is a collection of poems, prose, and dispatches written under duress throughout the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Shane Cashman's writing has been featured in The Atlantic, BBC Travel, Penthouse, VICE, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Atlas Obscura, Pitchfork, and VICE. In 2011, he was the recipient of the Elizabeth McCormack/Inkwell MAW Student & Alumni Award in poetry. In 2015, he won the PEN Center USA short story contest. He is also a Glimmer Train short fiction finalist. His nonfiction has been selected as an editor's pick at Longreads.com. Shane holds an MFA from Manhattanville College. He is a professor of narrative studies, poetry, and English at SUNY Orange and Manhattanville College.