WRITING

Sink your teeth into “Toothache”.

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“Toothache”, Joseph Donato’s debut poetry chapbook explores adolescence through the eyes of the mouth.

These bite-sized poems dissect the horrors of growing up and are sure to leave you with a bitter aftertaste (the good kind).

Published by above / ground press, May 2023. Order your copy below!

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Poetry

Three forthcoming titles (above / ground press, 2025)

“Traffic Jam” (Dusie, 2024)

“What to do when your cruise ship sinks” (Pinhole Poetry, 2024)

“Mother Mary Has an iPhone” (Scarborough Fair, 2024)

“White Christmas” (The Five-Two, 2022)

“Our Plane is Crashing” (Lost Pilots Lit, 2022)

“I Love You, Exterminator” (Periphery Journal, 2022)

“Paper Houses” (The Scarborough Review, 2021)

“Polyglot” (Rani Creative, 2021)

“Rock Climbing” (Emerging Voices, 2020)

Fiction

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“After Birth” (The Ampersand Review, 2023)

“The Spine Tree” (The Foundationalist, 2021)

Edited Works

“Writers’ Anthology 2025” (Pickering Public Library, 2025)

“06: RADIO” (Block Party, 2024)

“Writers’ Anthology 2024” (Pickering Public Library, 2024)

“Issue One” (Horror Pop Mag, 2024)

“Writers’ Anthology 2023” (Pickering Public Library, 2023)

“05: HOME” (Block Party, 2023)

“04: SUCKER” (Block Party, 2023)

“03: HEAT” (Block Party, 2023)

“02: BLOOM” (Block Party, 2022)

“01: BODY” (Block Party, 2021)

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