Jacquelyn Marie Gallo is a writer and artist living in Manhattan. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and is a graduate of the Riggio Writing and Democracy Program at the New School. She has been awarded writing residencies from the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts (‘24) and Catwalk Institute (‘20).

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Along with regular contributions to the Brooklyn Rail, her work has appeared in PANK Magazine’s Latinx Anthology, Columbia Journal, Dossier Journal, 12th Street Journal and Art Critical. She has read and performed at numerous cultural and academic institutions, including the American Museum of Natural History, the National Arts Club, NYC's Teach for America, Bowery Poetry Club, the Red Room, KGB Bar and Dixon Place.

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She is currently working on a memoir about caretaking, grief and transformation.

 

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