Joy Nevin Axelson is from West Chicago and holds a BA and an MA in French. She has been writing since 1986, but only sought publication for her work beginning in October 2023. Since then, 40 of her poems and 10 nonfiction works have been published in places like Foreshadow, Kosmeo, Writing in a Women's Voice, and Pure Slush. She is the translation coordinator for a child sponsorship charity. She enjoys playing nerdy board games and traveling with her husband and two older children.
Selected work
A Poem for Dad's Funeral
The Penwood Review, 2024
The Unsettling Warmth of Compromise
Paddler Press, 2025
Poem: Home is Where the Heart Is - Christ and Culture
Southeastern Magazine, 2024
Again
Pure in Heart Stories, 2024
Wilderness Theophany
Foreshadow Magazine, 2024
Swept
2024
One
Writing In A Woman's Voice, 2024
Dimly as through a Glass
2024
