JOSHUA YOUNG is the author of six collections, most recently Psalms for the Wreckage (Plays Inverse Press, 2017) and w/ Alexis Pope, I Am Heavy w/ Feeling: A Correspondence (Fog Machine, 2017). His work has appeared in Gulf Coast, Court Green, Fugue, Puerto del Sol, cream city review, Salt Hill, and others. His feature film, Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes? was Official Selection at the Seattle International Film Festival, Athens International Film Festival, and the Montreal International Black Film Festival. He works at the University of Chicago and lives in the Albany Park neighborhood with two humans.