J. L. Yocum is a musician and poet living in Brooklyn. He holds a B.A. in English Composition, concentration Poetry, from the University of North Texas, and is a staff poetry reader for Quarterly West.

His poems have appeared in Albatross, The Orchards Poetry Journal, ionosphere, The Big Windows Review, The Broken Teacup, Pinhole Poetry, $ Poetry Is Currency and Thimble Literary Magazine, and are forthcoming in The Comstock Review, Luna Luna and Moonday Mag.

His musical endeavors span a few decades and a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

He pays the rent working in a fine-art-adjacent industry and splits the bills with his wife and their indolent marmalade tabby.