LE 65 - Joy Young

Summary: Joy Young is a performance and teaching spoken word artist. Their poetry and workshops, much of which centers on transgressing borders, entering topics pertaining to social justice through poetic personal narratives has been featured on Button Poetry and Everyday Feminism as well as on stages and in colleges and classrooms across the country. Joy is a co-founder of Off the Page—a monthly recurring workshop and open mic at Wasted Ink Zine Distro that seeks to build connection and community within Phoenix's diverse literary and performance communities. Learn more about Joy at https://www.joyyoungpoetry.com/