- Joey Goebel
Infobox Writer
name = Joey Goebel
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birthdate = birth year and age|1980
birthplace =Henderson, Kentucky ,United States
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occupation = novelist
genre =Fiction
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notableworks =The Anomolies
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website = http://www.joeygoebel.com/Joey Goebel (born Adam Joseph Goebel III, in 1980) is an American
author whose work centers around the peculiarities of culture in Middle America. He was raised inHenderson, Kentucky , a small town on theOhio River across fromEvansville, Indiana . His parents, the late Adam Goebel of Louisville, and Nancy Bingemer Goebel of Henderson, were both social workers and met inFrankfort, Kentucky . His older sister CeCe is also a social worker.Goebel's books have been published in over ten languages and have found their largest audience in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Goebel currently lives in Kentucky, with wife Micah. Goebel has recently finished his third novel, Commonwealth, which was published on July 4, 2008.
Education and Careers
Goebel attended
Brescia University inOwensboro, Kentucky , where he received an English degree with an emphasis in professional writing. He has received anMaster of Fine Arts in Creative Writing fromSpalding University .cite web|url=http://www.kctcs.edu/todaysnews/index.cfm?tn_date=2006-08-18|title=Write stuff: Henderson author among finalists for inaugural Dylan Thomas prizeWriter: Judy Jenkins]Novels and Nominations
MacAdam/Cage Publishing of San Francisco published Goebel's first book "
The Anomalies " in April 2003."The Anomalies" was aBook Sense 76 title selected by the nation's independent booksellers and was nominated for the Kentucky Literary Award.Goebel's second novel, "Torture the Artist ", was released in October 2004, also by MacAdam/Cage. "Torture the Artist" was the finalist for the 2004 Kentucky Literary Award and made the long list for the Dylan Thomas Prize for 2006.cite web| url=http://www.thedylanthomasprize.com/list.htm|title=The Dylan Thomas Prize Long List]In fall of 2005, "Torture the Artist" was published in German under the title "Vincent" by
Diogenes Verlag , a Swiss literary publisher. Goebel attended theFrankfurt Book Fair , and he and "Vincent" were featured inDer Spiegel .On July 4, 2008, Goebel's third novel, Commonwealth, was published.
Music career
The Mullets
From 1996-2001; prior to becoming a novelist, Goebel sang and played guitarfor a punk band called The Mullets with band members Jason Sheeley and Justin Hope. The band played about one hundred shows throughout the Midwest (many in
Evansville, Indiana ) and released two cassette tapes, a seven inchEP record , and threeCompact Disc s.The band had a rabid following in the Tri-state area of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois.Goebel wrote over one hundred songs for the Mullets, some of them bitter love songs (“"Swimmin’ Alone with the Turkeys"”), some scoffing at his surroundings—particularly high school (“"At the Pep Rally"”), some making fun of popular culture (“"Intrusive T.V. Neighbors"”), and some purely comedic (“"At a Flea Market"”).
Novembrists
Goebel sang and played guitar for
Novembrists , with bandmates Jr. Bailey and LukeBickers. The band stayed together for about a year, long enough to record and release a CD. They played one farewell show.cite web|url=http://www.evansvillescene.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2886|title=Evansville Music Scene Forum Post] Novembrists songs were a bit darker and had a few more literary allusions, such asVladimir Nabokov ("My SweetLolita ") andF. Scott Fitzgerald ("All the Sad Young Men").Bibliography
Goebel's protagonists are intelligent rebels, sensible madmen, and rejected dreamers disgusted by a society that embraces boy band media and girl glam. His prose laments the absence of originality and morality in contemporary culture.
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The Anomalies " (aka "Freaks," German title) (2003)
* "Torture the Artist " (aka "Vincent," German title) (2004)Other Work
Goebel has written several articles for the
Evansville, Indiana arts and entertainment magazine "News 4U ".References
External links
* [http://www.joeygoebel.com Joey Goebel's Homepage]
* [http://www.tlchicken.com/view_story.php?ARTid=2878 Interview with Joey Goebel on TastesLikeChicken]
* [http://www.popmatters.com/books/interviews/goebel-joey-050706.shtml Interview with Joey Goebel on PopMatters]
* [http://therealjohnhood.com/bookem/massmarketmartyr.html Mass-Market Martyr] John Hood's Bully Magazine review of Torture the Artist
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