juj e. lepe is a Mexican-American poet from California.  juj has instructed writing workshops for a number of institutions, including UW-Madison, where they earned an MFA in Poetry.  Their work is featured or forthcoming in Ninth Letter, Poetry Northwest, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. 

juj is also a freelance writer, editor, curator, illustrator, film photographer, and lover of small hand-bound books. They live in Chicago.