Joy Young

Joy Young is a Chicago-born storyteller and teaching artist. Her prose and poetry has appeared in Poetry East, Lunch Ticket, Black Warrior Review, and Portable Gray. She is currently a Poet in Residence and Board Member for the Chicago Poetry Center. She is also the Chicagoland Regionals Coordinator for the Poetry Out Loud Teen Recitation Competition. When she’s not teaching, you can usually find her at open mics and performance arts venues.

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