Joshua Merritt

Joshua Merritt is a nonbinary poet who lives in Portland, Oregon. Their new chapbooks, titled Pass Through and Modern Myth, traverse years of self discovery, queer becoming, religious deconstruction, and personal loss and triumph. Joshua was most recently a part of the Portland Poetry Slam 2024 team, and performed at the 2024 Bigfoot Regional Poetry Festival. They can be found writing and performing poetry in the Portland poetry scene and in their garden figuring out how to grow food.