Joseph Worthen

Joseph Worthen is an English instructor from South Carolina. He holds an M.F.A. in fiction from University of North Carolina Wilmington and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Louisiana Lafayette. His first novel, All Trap No Bait, was released from Tortoise Books (a very small press) in 2025. His first monograph, Paper Screens: The Internet in Contemporary Fiction, is set for release this December from Louisiana State University Press. His scholarship has appeared in Post45, Arizona Quarterly, and Reception.