Jackie Bluu is a poet and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BA in Anthropology at SUNY Purchase and a Masters in Publishing at Pace University. During the week, she works full-time as a book publicist at Columbia University Press, and on weekends as the editor of FishFood, a literary and arts zine.
Jackie has been published in Emotional Alchemy Magazine, Jawbreaker Zine, Awakenings, Laurels & Bells Literary Journal, and Polemical Zine. Her chapbook 'Facing the Beast’ was published in January 2019 and 'My Dear Melancholia' in May 2020. Her full-length poetry book, (Not) Another Love Story will be published on November 15, 2020
You can find more of her work, mostly poetry, on her Instagram page, @jackie_bluu.
My Dear Melancholia focuses on the long-term healing process of mental illness, while also fighting to figure out one's identity and personality without it.