red state politics, wrestling, class, patriotism, muddin', wealth inequality, punk rock, war, mullets, COPS, pop culture
Music
Bob Dylan, Foreigner, The Dead Milkmen, Bob Seger, Pixies, early Metallica, The Smiths, Kid Rock, The Clash, 103 ROQ, Munly, Slim Cessna, Guns n Roses, Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, The Vindictives, Motley Crue, Screeching Weasel, Kenny Rogers, XTC
Movies
Star Wars, The Royal Tennenbaums, Cool Hand Luke, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, There Will Be Blood, Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, Little Miss Sunshine, Unprecedented, Adam Sandler, Fahrenheit 9/11
Television
Lost, Cops, Freaks and Geeks, The OC, Big Brother
Books
The People's History of the United States, Kurt Vonnegut, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, All the King's Men, A Confederacy of Dunces
Spalding University
Louisville, KY
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Creative Writing
2005 to 2006
Brescia University
Owensboro, KY
Graduated: 2002
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English with an emphasis in professional writing
Minor: History
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COMMONWEALTH is now available in hardcover AND paperback. Order online at www.barnesandnoble.com
COMMONWEALTH is author Joey Goebel's third novel. It is a small-town epic that tells the tall tale of Blue Gene Mapother, a typical American trailer-trash type: tank tops, flip-flops, mullet and all. He’s also the son of one of the richest men in all of Middle America, and brother to John Hurstbourne Mapother, a Congressional candidate who decides that Blue Gene’s low-class style could be useful, not harmful to his campaign.
Who I'd like to meet: BLUE GENE MAPOTHER would like to meet Randy Savage, Pamela Anderson, Trashelle from The Real World Las Vegas, and Josh Brolin.
JOHN HURSTBOURNE MAPOTHER would like to meet Jesus and you.
HENRY MAPOTHER would like to meet Jesus and William F. Buckley.
ELIZABETH MAPOTHER would like to meet Jesus and Martha Stewart.
JACKIE STEPCHILD would like to meet Howard Zinn, Shane MacGowan, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Joey Goebel's COMMONWEALTH's Friend Space (Randomized)
Thank you for the add! I'm glad I had the chance to see you in Bucharest last week. I read both The Anomalies and Torture the Artist and they immediately became two of my favorite books. I wish I had the English editions too. Can't wait to read Commonwealth.
hey man how have you been? well i just got done with commonwealth and i loved it. i let my aunt borrow it b/c she's been wanting to read your stuff. but anyways i heard a rumor i dunno if it's true..something about a screenplay? but if it's top secret confidential shit i understand jus wondering if it was true! well guess i'll talk to you later man..hope all is well. peace
But why? All my friends love to read your novels! And I always read your books twice, I start to read them again when I just finished one. What happened to the people???
HEy JoEy, yOu..riGht. The diREction thE boOk TurnS tOo Is...wow. UnExpected thINGs haPpen- I LiKe yoUr every SenTence you WRIte so much. MayBe you..ll COME to germAny to reAd Out of Your BOOk. StaY CREtiVE!!! MANY sunny GReetiNG anna
Hi, I am currently reading "Heartland" and I just can say what everyone says. Although I cannot understand all the allusions to American small-town-life it is very nice to read and even wise^^
Hey my favourite novelist ever... I've started reading "Commonwealth" 200 pages ago and I already love it! Go on this way, you are the only author who writes books I finish reading! Love, Jules
Just finished The Anomalies (better late than never) and I am now about to purchase Commonwealth. So happy my ex broke up with me before I could give him the copy of Torture the Artist I'd bought for him, or I may never have discovered your great talents :)
I used to love the Mullets shows when I was in high school and I enjoyed the local references in the Anomalies- makes us proud. Please listen to some of my music and tell me what you think- it's not the Mullets but. ,
Joey, I am sorry I have missed all you book events. Work kept seeming to interfere. I do have your book and I can't wait to read it. I finally am getting caught up on the backlog of other books I had to read. Whooping cough!
***I WILL NOT BE CHECKING THIS PAGE AS OFTEN AS I HAVE IN THE PAST. IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME, DO SO THROUGH www.joeygoebel.com***
COMMONWEALTH is now available in hardcover AND paperback. Order online at www.barnesandnoble.com
COMMONWEALTH is author Joey Goebel's third novel. It is a small-town epic that tells the tall tale of Blue Gene Mapother, a typical American trailer-trash type: tank tops, flip-flops, mullet and all. He’s also the son of one of the richest men in all of Middle America, and brother to John Hurstbourne Mapother, a Congressional candidate who decides that Blue Gene’s low-class style could be useful, not harmful to his campaign.
