Dante Fuoco is a queer artist & educator based in Brooklyn, NY. The author of breeding season (C&R Press, 2026), Dante is a poet and non-fiction writer whose work appears in The Offing, Split Lip Magazine, ONLY POEMS, Foglifter, DIAGRAM, Poets.org, and other places. His theater work includes writing, producing, and performing the clown/gooning/home video/VHS fantasia Blue Seal, Blue Sea (or, gay boy grieves death of gay-hating dad) as well as producing the drag cabaret The Bergman/Lansbury Test 2. Dante has receiving writing fellowships through The Edward F. Albee Foundation and Prospect Street Writers’ House, as well as financial support through New York State Council of the Arts. Dante’s vast experience as an educator includes working as a special education teacher in New Orleans and facilitating restorative justice workshops in New York City, where he now teaches swim lessons to adults.