Joseph O. Legaspi
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Joseph O. Legaspi [1] is an American poet.[2] He is the author of two full length poetry collections and two full-length poetry chapbooks.[3][4][5]
With the poet Sarah Gambito, he cofounded Kundiman, a national nonprofit organization that nurtures generations of writers and readers of Asian American literature.[6]
He is a juror of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.[7]
Early life and education[edit]
Joseph O. Legaspi earned a bachelor of arts degree from Loyola Marymount University and a master's in fine arts from New York University.[8]
Career[edit]
Joseph O. Legaspi received a poetry fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.[9] His poem "Ode to My Mother's Hair" was anthologized in Language for a New Century (W.W. Norton).[10] In 2016, his poem "Somebody" appeared in Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets.[11]
In April 2019, Orion Magazine chose Legaspi's poem "The Three Sparrows" as one of its top seven works for National Poetry Month.[8]
Legaspi lives and works in New York City, where he serves on the faculty of Fordham University's Creative Writing Program.
Early life and education[edit]
Joseph O. Legaspi was born and raised in the Philippines; his family immigrated to Los Angeles when he was 12. He earned a BA at Loyola Marymount University and an MFA from New York University.[1]
Works[edit]
- Imago, Cavankerry Press 2007. ISBN 9781933880037, OCLC 255857086
- Subways (Thrush Press 2013)
- Aviary Bestiary, Detroit, MI : Organic Weapon Arts, 2014. ISBN 9780982710661, OCLC 872420272
- Threshold, Cavankerry Press 2017. ISBN 9781933880631, OCLC 1026723165
- Postcards, Massapequa, NY : Ghostbird Press, 2019. OCLC 1102059623
Awards[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Joseph O. Legaspi". Poetry Foundation. 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "4 LGBT+ Poets You Should Know About". Affinity Magazine. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ "Our Chapbooks". Thrush Press. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Aviary, Bestiary by Joseph O. Legaspi | Organic Weapon Arts". Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ Strong, Rider (2018-04-17). "Big Poems for Our Tiny Humans". Shondaland. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ "The Newest Wave of Asian-American Writers You Should Know". Literary Hub. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Jurors announced for the 2020 Neustadt Prize". Norman Transcript. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- ^ a b "Orion Magazine | Seven Poems for National Poetry Month". Orion Magazine. April 22, 2019.
- ^ "Joseph O. Legaspi". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ Language for a new century : contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond. Chang, Tina., Handal, Nathalie, 1969-, Shankar, Ravi, 1975- (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. 2008. ISBN 978-0-393-33238-4. OCLC 181139502.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Poets, Academy of American. "Someone by Joseph O. Legaspi - Poems | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
