Writer, Producer, Marketer.

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Joseph Lezza is a Pushcart-nominated writer on the east coast with a BA from Rutgers University and an MFA from The University of Texas at El Paso.

His debut memoir in essays, I'm Never Fine: Scenes and Spasms on Loss (Vine Leaves Press), was a finalist for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award and the 2021 Prize Americana in Prose. It was named by Buzzfeed LGBTQ+, Lambda Literary, them, StyleCaster, and ABC7 San Fransisco as a "Most Anticipated/Best Book” of 2023. 

As an independent writer, Joseph's work has been featured in, among others, Longreads, Occulum, Variant Literature, The Hopper, West Trade Review, and Santa Fe Writers Project. 

As a media professional, he has led the creative development and execution of multiplatform co-marketing campaigns across the worlds of entertainment, news, streaming, & sports for Big 5 publishers, including Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC Universal, The Walt Disney Company, Paramount, and more.

When he’s not writing, he spends his time worrying about why he’s not writing.

You can find him on most of the socials @lezzdoothis or on Bluesky @josephlezza.com.

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