A young man with dark, curly hair and a beard, wearing a white and navy blue polo shirt with a red logo, sitting on a beige couch, resting his head on his hand, and looking at the camera with a slight smile.

Joseph

Donato

Writer, editor, teacher

'No One Should Be Happy When I'm Not' is now available for pre-order!

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'No One Should Be Happy When I'm Not' is now available for pre-order! 🤡

“Joseph Donato is super cool & popular.”

— Anonymous

Joseph is a Queer writer, editor, and teacher from the Greater Toronto Area. He is an Creative Writing MFA candidate at the University of Guelph where he is completing his thesis: a short story collection of body horror. His second poetry chapbook, “No One Should Be Happy When I’m Not” is currently available now for preorder.

“Toothache”, Joseph’s debut poetry chapbook, launched May 2023 with above/ground press. His poetry and fiction has appeared in several literary magazines and journals (see here).

Joseph is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Block Party Magazine & Press. and Overlord of Horror Pop Mag.

When he’s not writing or teaching, Joseph can be found collecting CDs, walking in circles, and cracking up.

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