G. J. Nelson is a queer poet & writer birthed & corrupted in the American high desert who now operates from the Pacific Northwest. A graduate of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno, their work has most recently appeared in publications such as Waxwing, Poet Lore, Ninth Letter, Frontier Poetry, Salamander, december magazine, Salt Hill, & Pidgeonholes, and has received nominations for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes. They currently teach writing at Centralia College.
