Josette Akresh-Gonzales
Josette Akresh-Gonzales is the author of Apocalypse on the Linoleum (Lily Poetry Review Press) and the second-place winner of the 2025 Erskine J. Poetry Prize with publication in Smartish Pace. Her work has been published in The Southern Review, The Indianapolis Review, The Tampa Review, JAMA, The Pinch, The Journal, Breakwater Review, PANK, and many other journals. Her poems have been included in the anthology Choice Words (Haymarket) and in Breaking the Glass: A Contemporary Jewish Poetry Anthology (Laurel Review). She co-founded the journal Clarion and was its editor for two years. Josette lives in the Boston area with her husband and two boys and used to ride her bike to work but now works from home for a nonprofit medical publisher. Website: josettepoet.com.
