Joshua Escobar

Joshua Escobar is the author of the chapbooks Caljforkya Voltage and xxox fm, as well as the full-length collection Bareback Nightfall which debuted with Noemi Press in 2020. He has received fellowships from Shandaken: Storm King and CantoMundo. He founded the all-ages DIY zine Orange Mercury, as well as Open Fruit, the creative writing magazine at Santa Barbara City College, where he is the director of Creative Writing. He's always looking to make more queer friends at IG: djashtrae17