Jalen Jones

Jalen Giovanni Jones is a Black and Filipino writer from Los Angeles. His work has been supported by the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the Tin House Workshop, the Lambda Literary Retreat, and the Kenyon Review Workshop. His writing can be found/is forthcoming in Callaloo, Electric Literature, Foglifter, and elsewhere. He is the Editorial Assistant for The Southern Review, the former social media editor for Electric Literature, and received his MFA from Louisiana State University. Jalen is currently working on a short story collection and a novel. Instagram: @jalen_g_jones. Website: jalen-jones.com