jimmy vega*
> short bio jimmy vega is the author of ZIRCONIUM ASH (what books press, 2025). a chicano los angeles poet, educator, and interdisciplinary artist, he holds a ba from ucla in english and an mfa from the california institute of the arts, creative writing program. vega's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in broken lens journal, diode, furious pure magazine, maintenant, and elsewhere. vega is the associate director of beyond baroque literary / arts center.
he lives and works in los angeles.
> long bio
jimmy vega is the child of mexican immigrants, a chicano los angeles poet, educator, and interdisciplinary artist. vega is the author of ZIRCONIUM ASH (what books press, 2025).
vega holds a ba from ucla in english with a concentration in poetry and an mfa from the california institute of the arts, creative writing program, where he was awarded a john and maria laffin trust scholarship and a lillian disney scholarship. vega has presented work at redcat, poetic research bureau, the sims library of poetry, associated writing programs (seattle, 2023) conference, beyond baroque, the mark taper auditorium at the los angeles central library, the thinking its presence conference, and at reef los angeles as part of the group exhibition spell/ing. vega’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in broken lens journal, diode, furious pure magazine, maintenant, dunce codex, and elsewhere. vega is commissioned to write new work by the city of los angeles, is a former english language learning faculty fellow at calarts, and presently is the associate director of beyond baroque literary / arts center.
he lives in los angeles on unceded tongva land, with their partner gladys, and schnauzer, olive.
circa 2024 photo by @gldys.q (C)