Poor Ezra’s Almanac was born out of necessity. Founder and editor Joe DeBritz wanted a place to display his own writing as well the work of artists and writers working outside of the mainstream.
Joe DeBritz is a writer and painter based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes short fiction and poetry and is an abstract painter. His poetry has been published in Oddball Magazine. DeBritz’s goal is to create a community of like-minded artists who can share ideas, collaborate, and elevate each other.
Other contributors who were integral to this publication are Donovan Ingram, Tom Perlee, and Allison DeBritz. They helped build the idea behind the magazine, and the taste that will inevitably shape the issues to come. Allison DeBritz, the magazine’s Art Director, will guide and shape the design of each issue.
Tom Perlee is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist as well as a burgeoning essayist and literary translator. He is currently working on an album that will be released later this year.
Donovan Ingram is a photographer, sommelier, and and aspiring restaurateur. His tea program at Blue Hill Stone Barns was featured in the 2022 Summer Issue of Vogue Magazine.
Allison DeBritz is an artist and educator whose work intimately considers the gendered paradigms of domestic spaces and relationships through an interdisciplinary feminist lens. She uses photography, collage, video, and installation as part of a ritualistic process, engaging with the psychological narratives woven throughout her work. DeBritz holds an MFA in Art Photography from Syracuse University and a BFA in Photography from SUNY New Paltz. She currently lives and teaches college photography in Upstate New York.