Perry Janes

Perry Janes (he/him) is the author of the poetry collection FIND ME WHEN YOU'RE READY (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone Books). A recipient of the Pushcart Prize, his poems and stories have appeared in POETRY, Poem-a-Day, Electric Literature, The Adroit Journal, Zyzzyva, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Subtropics, and others. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he was a 5-time recipient of the Hopwood Award, and an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. A winner of the AMPAS Student Academy Award, he lives in California, where he works as a screenwriter.