j/j hastain lives in Colorado, USA with hir beloved. j/j is the author of numerous full-length, cross-genre works such as: asymptotic lover // thermodynamic vents (BlazeVox Books), our bodies as beauty inducers (Rebel Satori Press), we in my Trans (JMS Books LLC), autobiography of my gender (Moria), ulterior eden (Otoliths) as well as many chapbooks and artist’s books. A new chapbook collaboration with poet-artist Marthe Reed, is forthcoming from Dusie 5. j/j’s writing has appeared in numerous journals including MiPoesias and Fact-Simile with featured essays and compositions in Sextures (E-journal for Sexualities, Cultures and Politics), Trickhouse, Vlak, Unlikely Stories, Eccolinguistics and Kelsey. j/j is an elective affinities participant, a member of Dusie kollektiv and a regular contributor to Sous Les Paves. j/j’s manuscript Let was a finalist in the 2010 Kelsey Street and Ahsahta book competitions. j/j’s book was the winner of Pavement Saw book award. In 2011 j/j’s book our bodies as beauty inducers was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award and Publishing Triangle. j/j’s book we in my Trans was nominated for the Stonewall Book Award. In the near future j/j has full-length, cross-genre collections coming out with various exciting presses.