Joe Vallese previously edited the anthology What’s Your Exit? A Literary Detour Through New Jersey for Word Riot Press in 2010. His creative and pop culture writing has been featured in Bomb, VICE, Backstage, PopMatters, Southeast Review, North American Review, Narrative Northeast, VIA: Voices In Italian-Americana, among other journals. He has been a Pushcart Prize nominee and a notable in Best American Essays for his personal essay “Blood, Brothers," which dealt with themes of queerness and horror, and his queer horror screenplay, Intended, has been a finalist in several industry competitions. Joe currently teaches in the Expository Writing Program at New York University, and prior to that appointment, he was a core administrator and faculty for Bard College’s Bard Prison Initiative. Joe holds an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University, an MAT in Literature and Writing and a BA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bard College.