Jacob Reina

Jacob Reina graduated from Fresno State in December 2023, earning a BA in English Studies. He is the author of Purity of the Sky, a neo-Romantic memoir set in Istanbul, Turkey, released in June 2024 by Atmosphere Press. Some of his poems and short stories have been featured in New York Quarterly, Twisted Vine Literary, Free Spirit, Rougarou, Watershed Review, Allegory Ridge, Paper Dragon, and elsewhere. Reina is currently writing two sequels to Purity of the Sky, which will be set primarily in Armenia and the United States.