As a writer and visual artist I'm inspired by everything from the sublime to the ironic. Art is the oxygen that keeps my spirit alive.
We're in an all artists on deck moment with the political crisis of North America's slide into fascism and the chaos that's creating around the world. I put my trust in artists and activists of the
world to guide us toward the truth telling of social justice.
Fear no art!
Writing: creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry.
Photography: New York, Italy, Oregon and Canada.
Jake Zuppa
Published
“Arabic in America," The Broadkill Review, Winter/Spring Vol. 19.1 - 2024
Essay explores the undercurrents of grief and the whitewashing of ethnicity and gender.
“Body - Mind Freedom: Countertransference in Action," Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, 2nd Edition, Oxford Press 2022
A therapy process navigating through loss, grief, trans joy and thriving in a cis centric world. - Mental Health
Jake Zuppa | Substack: https://jakezuppa.substack.com
Latest News
Small Press Awards nominations for: "Arabic in America," The Broadkill Review, Winter/Spring Vol. 19.1 - 2024.
• Monarch Queer Literary Awards, Broadkill Review,
Nominee (2025/26)
• Best of the Net, Broadkill Review, Nominee (2025/26)
• Best Spiritual Writing, Orison Books, Nominee (2025)
• Pushcart Prize, Nominee (2026)
2024: Creative Writing Fellowship, Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. MVICW, founded in 2010 by Alexander Weinstein
Workshops:
2025: Tin House: Julie Butin, author: Marlena, writing workshop, Novel Beginnings
2024: MVICW: Alexander Weinstein, author: Children of the New World, 2016, Universal Love: Stories, 2020.
2024: Christopher Citro, poet/author: If We Had A Lemon We'd Throw It And Call That The Sun, 2021, The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy, 2015.
2024: Su Cho, poet/author: The Symmetry of Fish, poems. National Poetry Series Winner, 2021.
2022/23: Natalie Goldberg, author: Writing Down the Bones; writing workshops with meditation
2017: Cooper Lee Bombardier, author, Pass with Care: Memoirs, 2020;
Creative writing/memoir workshop