Joseph O. Legaspi

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]

Joseph O. Legaspi
Alma mater
OccupationPoet 

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

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

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

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
  • Imago, Cavankerry 2007. ISBN 9781933880037, OCLC 255857086
  • Subways (Thrush Press 2013)
  • Aviary Bestiary, Detroit, MI : Organic Weapon Arts, 2014. ISBN 9780982710661, OCLC 872420272
  • Threshold, Cavankerry 2017. ISBN 9781933880631, OCLC 1026723165
  • Postcards, Massapequa, NY : Ghostbird Press, 2019. OCLC 1102059623

Awards
  • Global Filipino Literary Award

References
  1. Foundation, Poetry (2019-05-05). "Joseph O. Legaspi". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  2. "4 LGBT+ Poets You Should Know About". Affinity Magazine. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  3. "Our Chapbooks". Thrush Press. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  4. "Aviary, Bestiary by Joseph O. Legaspi | Organic Weapon Arts". Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  5. Strong, Rider (2018-04-17). "Big Poems for Our Tiny Humans". Shondaland. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  6. "The Newest Wave of Asian-American Writers You Should Know". Literary Hub. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  7. Content, Submitted. "Jurors announced for the 2020 Neustadt Prize". Norman Transcript. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  8. "Orion Magazine | Seven Poems for National Poetry Month". Orion Magazine. April 22, 2019.
  9. "Joseph O. Legaspi". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  10. 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.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. Poets, Academy of American. "Someone by Joseph O. Legaspi - Poems | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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