About
After a successful career as an award-winning architect and interior designer, Joel Levinson has turned full-time to his other first love, writing. His novel, The Reluctant Hunter, originally published in 2012 and revised and republished in 2019 received a positive critique from Kirkus Review. The book also received positive reviews from other authors, educators, and numerous reviewers on Amazon. The reviews are reproduced in the My Works section of my AG website.
Levinson also writes non-fiction with a focus on art, architecture, photography, science, and philosophy. Samples of his writings on those subjects appear in his blog and "legacy" website www/:joellevinson.info
Fifty years of Levinson's design work and writings are being preserved by the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater where he also taught architecture and energy conservation. A book titled The Houses of Joel Levinson, and an exhibit of his architecture and photography, are in the development stage by the Archives. His writings on a variety of topics have appeared locally and internationally including a pioneering article on Outdoor Rooms in Global Architecture, published in Japan. His architectural designs have been published in professional journals and books.
Joel Levinson is a world authority on the Phenomenon of Diagonality. His book on this little-understood and under-appreciated theme is nearing completion. He also has books under development dealing with the Dual Nature of Time and The Selfmade Universe.
Featured Work
The Reluctant Hunter
“The Balkan wars ended one of the longest periods of peace in European history. My company, Bavarian TV, reported extensively from the Bosnian War about unimaginable atrocities and victims of unspeakable violence. This war had an uneraseable impact on the collective consciousness of Europeans and others around the world. Joel Levinson’s debut novel, THE RELUCTANT HUNTER, demonstrates a deep understanding of that conflict. But his novel is much more than a brilliant account of historical facts. It transcends the limits of time and place to convey the truth about human nature at its best and at its worst. Jusuf Pasalic is an unforgettable character. His coming of age unfolds in the chaos of war among ‘brothers’ and reaches its culminating point in the most crucial decision a human being could possibly face...and the unfathomable guilt it carries with it. And yet THE RELUCTANT HUNTER is not only about despair and darkness, but also about survival, hope, friendship, and the healing power of love. Levinson’s symbols are beautiful and his writing style is very much his own. I hope THE RELUCTANT HUNTER finds the large audience it deserves.”
–CLAUDIA MATHE, News-Editor at BR, The Public Broadcasting Authority in Bavaria, Germany; MA in American Literature
