Joy Young
Joy Young is a Chicago-based poet and educator, who holds a BA in Fiction from Columbia College and MA in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University. Her work has appeared in Poetry East and Lunch Ticket’s Amuse-Bouche: A La Carte Series. She also volunteers as a writing coach for Open Books’ Publishing Academy Program. She is the Chicago Poetry Center Poet-in-Residence at Mary Gage Peterson Elementary School and Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School.
CPC Readings
Poetry by Joy Young
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“At nine years old your childhood was for rent.
A continuous game of musical beds, where
a lease was signed on a new family before you
had the chance to unpack. I first met you in spring.”