Joshua Wheeler

Professor
M.F.A., University of Iowa and New Mexico State University

Biography

Joshua Wheeler is from Alamogordo, New Mexico. He's the author of Acid West: Essays (FSG, 2018) and The High Heaven (Graywolf, 2025). Acid West was named a best book of 2018 by Newsweek. The High Heaven was named a best novel of 2025 by Electric Literature. Wheeler develops and teaches a wide variety of courses across many genres including: HNRS 2000: Living in Communities, HNRS 2020: Immersion Journalism, ENGL 2024: The Complete History of the Essay, ENGL 2025: The Mo/PoMo Novella, ENGL 3133: Experimental Documentary and the Video Essay, ENGL 4001: Writing Creative Nonfiction, ENGL 7001: The Loose Sally: Imagining the Literary Essay, ENGL 7001: The Protest Essay, ENGL 7106: The Fake Memoir.

Area(s) of Interest

Creative Writing, Essay, Documentary, Journalism