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'''Joey De Jesus''' is an American writer, performer, community activist, and political candidate. | '''Joey De Jesus''' is an American writer, performer, community activist, and political candidate. | ||
Their work includes the poetry collection ''NOCT: The Threshold of Madness'', which was a selection of the 2019 Atlas Review chapbook contest, and the poetry collection ''HOAX'', forthcoming from The Operating System in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlasreview.com/2019chapbookwinners|title= 2019 Chapbook Winners |work=Atlas Review |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25 | Their work includes the poetry collection ''NOCT: The Threshold of Madness'', which was a selection of the 2019 Atlas Review chapbook contest, and the poetry collection ''HOAX'', forthcoming from The Operating System in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlasreview.com/2019chapbookwinners|title= 2019 Chapbook Winners |work=Atlas Review |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/the-operating-system/seed-catalog-welcome-os-class-of-2020-4a80a471ffa4|title= Seed Catalog: Welcome OS Class of 2020 {{!}} The Operating System Blog |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> They have received numerous awards and fellowships for their work, including a 2020 ArtFP grant from BRIC Arts Media, and a 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship.<ref name="BRIC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bricartsmedia.org/blog/congratulations-our-2019-2020-artfp-artists|title= Congratulations to 2019-2020 ArtFP Artists |work= BRIC |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NYFA_WebAssets/Pictures/fbff420f-79fe-4f34-800a-f94a82fa5876.pdf|title= Directory of Artist Fellows and Finalists {{!}} New York Fellowship for the Arts |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> | ||
De Jesus is a Democrat in New York City and former candidate for New York State Assembly District 38.<ref name="C&S">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/news-politics/whos-facing-2020-primary-challenge-in-state-legislature.html|title= Who's Facing a 2020 primary challenge in the state legislature? |work= City & State New York |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25 | De Jesus is a Democrat in New York City and former candidate for New York State Assembly District 38.<ref name="C&S">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/news-politics/whos-facing-2020-primary-challenge-in-state-legislature.html|title= Who's Facing a 2020 primary challenge in the state legislature? |work= City & State New York |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> | ||
De Jesus grew up in to a working-class family in Soundview, New York, and as a child attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School.<ref name="labloga">{{Cite web|url=https://labloga.blogspot.com/2017/07/interview-of-joey-de-jesus.html|title= Interview of Joey De Jesus |work= La Bloga |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25 | De Jesus grew up in to a working-class family in Soundview, New York, and as a child attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School.<ref name="labloga">{{Cite web|url=https://labloga.blogspot.com/2017/07/interview-of-joey-de-jesus.html|title= Interview of Joey De Jesus |work= La Bloga |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> After graduating from Oberlin College, De Jesus went on to earn two master's degrees in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and performance studies from New York University. | ||
De Jesus's poems have been published widely, including in The Brooklyn Rail, ''Drunken Boat,'' The Academy of American Poets, Guernica, Brooklyn Magazine, and elsewhere. | De Jesus's poems have been published widely, including in The Brooklyn Rail, ''Drunken Boat,'' The Academy of American Poets, Guernica, Brooklyn Magazine, and elsewhere. | ||