poet, educator

juj e lepe is a Chicana poet, educator, and interdisciplinary artist originally from California’s San Joaquin Valley. They received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. juj lives in the Midwest, where they are currently arranging a book of poems for you to read.

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You can find my poetry here, along with a small portfolio of my film photography, and my contact info.

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publications

(forthcoming) Walking & Talking: Stories in Motion, Wormfarm Institute 2025
Harbor Review, Issue #14 2025
Poetry Northwest, Vol. XIX Issue II, 2025 (print)
Zoetic Press, 2024 (print)
The Rumpus, October 2024
beestung magazine, Issue #21, August 2024
Pile Press, 2023 (print)
The Acentos Review, October 2023
Cid Pearlman Performance Honorable Mention, (home)BODY, 2022

poet, educator

stuff

publications

"Ghazal Ancestral"

"Ephemeral Lake, Death Valley"

"Portrait of a Daughter" and "Laundry Day"

"Confessional"

"Blue Mountain" "Malheur" and "When My Body Was A River"

They Don't Know I'm a Gemini Moon

"Cuando Eres Nonbinary En Mexico" "Woodland Sermon" and "Dear Birdie"

"White Stone Path" and "Juventud"

"movements in my empty room"