jzl jmz (FKA Jayy Dodd) beamed down in Los Angeles '92 and is reuploading herself to the internet. She is the author of Mannish Tongues (2017) and The Black Condition ft. Narcissus (Nightboat Books, 2019). She edited Bettering American Poetry Vol. 2 (2017) and A Portrait in Blues (2019). She has been a Lambda Literary Fellow, a Precipice Art Grant Recipient through Portland's Institute of Contemporary Art, and Artist-in-Residence at Ori Gallery, and her film and performance works have been installed & screened across the country. She lives in Portland, Oregon.