America, Land of the Bullet Hell

Jay Julio (they/them) is a first-generation Filipinx-American musician, writer, and educator from New York. Finalist in poetry competitions held by the Philadelphia Stories, Meridian, and Mississippi Review, their writing has appeared in the Cincinnati Review, ROOM, Barrelhouse Mag, Foglifter, and Poetry Online, among other venues. Interests include abolition and ube confectioneries. Find them on IG at @jay.julio or at jayjulio.com.

Jay Julio, a person with short black hair, gazes into the camera against a backdrop of a sunny tropical location. They are wearing a silky black button-up shirt and are holding a reddish-brown viola.