Skip to content

  • Stories
  • Visit the Store
  • Sign up for Joe Mail
  • About
  • Submit to the Joe
  • Contact
Woman applying make up in compact with headline "Just call me Marge"
Essay and Reflection
The Regular Joe

Just Call Me Marge

by Shawn MurphyYesterday as I sat supervising my 9th-hour study hall, I somehow became aware that my pants were too

Read More
Girl sneezing outside in front of flower
Features
The Regular Joe

With spring comes baseball, flowers, and sniffles

by Stephanie Crowley, CHHP, CNHP Spring is finally here. But, cloaked in the beauty of colorful blooms and temperate breezes,

Read More
Trish Nixon art
FeaturesReviews
The Regular Joe

Art Review: Trish Nixon’s boi blue, paintings, collage, manipulated photographs, and found objects

by Json MyersSt. Joseph, Mo. – The title piece, boi blue, is twice the size of most of the paintings

Read More
Features
sbond02

Paradise Found

by Shannon Bond It was a conscious effort. I could either lay down and die or go above and beyond.

Read More
Features
The Regular Joe

Musician Spotlight: Q&A with Kristin Hamilton

Springtime is new music time at the Joe! We were excited to catch up with Kristin Hamilton to talk about

Read More
Shadows of theater performers on stage in front of red curtain.
FeaturesPrint Editions
The Regular Joe

“Shared Beginnings” at the Robidoux Resident Theatre brings past and present into focus for all ages, May 13/14

by Nancy Piercy The Robidoux Resident Theatre (RRT) provides a warm and welcoming environment for creative people of all ages.

Read More
Shannon Bond
FeaturesPrint EditionsRegularsWriting
The Regular Joe

Letter from the Editor

Welcome to the new Regular Joe. We’re so glad you’re here. The pandemic did a number on many small publications,

Read More
John Coltrane playing sax
FeaturesJohn P. TretbarMusicMusic ReviewRegularsReviews
The Regular Joe

Good Bait from the Coltrane Station

I recently acquired a lot of new music, on vinyl and CD. My mother moved out of the house we’d lived
in since 1958, and gave me a lifetime’s collection. The vinyl included some iconic recordings from my
childhood. There are albums from Jonathan Winters, Frank Sinatra, and the Baja Marimba Band, not to
mention Beethoven and Bach.

Read More
Legs in black leggings and boots on escalator
FeaturesShawn Murphy
The Regular Joe

Are Leggings Pants or just underwear with legs?

I myself have a tendency to think that if leggings were really pants they would call them pants, but there are so many people that wear them now, as pants, I have become confused (more so than usual). Has it become socially acceptable to wear, out in public, leg coverings that are really a just thick cousin of panty hose and call them pants? Perhaps…

Read More
Acropolis in Ancient Greece
FeaturesJohn P. Tretbar
The Regular Joe

The Chiropractors of Ancient Greece

For years, I’ve asserted that a poem is not complete until it’s read aloud. I blame it on Aristotle. A poem can sit, in a book, on the shelf, unopened, gathering dust, and eventually die in the used-book bin. Or, it can leap boldly into action, sing and dance, and live forever. ..

Read More
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Read the Regular Joe Print Edition Online or Download the PDF

Spring/Summer 2025

Spring/Summer Regular Joe print edition cover.

Past Issues


Shatto Milk bottles and headlines on cover of Regular Joe.

Find us on Facebook

Visit us on Facebook

2019 Mosaic ad

Privacy Notice

Copyright © 2025 . All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.