Joseph O. Legaspi Explained

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

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 Press 2007.,
• Subways (Thrush Press 2013)
• Aviary Bestiary, Detroit, MI : Organic Weapon Arts, 2014.,
• Threshold, Cavankerry Press 2017.,
• Postcards, Massapequa, NY : Ghostbird Press, 2019.

Awards

• Global Filipino Literary Award

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joseph O. Legaspi. 2019-05-05. Poetry Foundation. en. 2019-05-05.
2. Web site: 4 LGBT+ Poets You Should Know About. 2017-01-12. Affinity Magazine. en-US. 2019-05-13.
3. Web site: Our Chapbooks. Thrush Press. en. 2019-05-05.
4. Web site: Aviary, Bestiary by Joseph O. Legaspi Organic Weapon Arts. en-US. 2019-05-05.
5. Web site: Big Poems for Our Tiny Humans. Strong. Rider. 2018-04-17. Shondaland. en-US. 2019-05-13.
6. Web site: The Newest Wave of Asian-American Writers You Should Know. 2018-10-05. Literary Hub. en-US. 2019-05-05.
7. Web site: Jurors announced for the 2020 Neustadt Prize. Norman Transcript. en. 2019-08-04.
8. Web site: Orion Magazine | Seven Poems for National Poetry Month. April 22, 2019. Orion Magazine.
9. Web site: Joseph O. Legaspi. Poets & Writers. en. 2019-05-05.
10. Book: Language for a new century : contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond. 2008. W.W. Norton. Chang, Tina., Handal, Nathalie, 1969-, Shankar, Ravi, 1975-. 978-0-393-33238-4. 1st. New York. 181139502.
11. Web site: Someone by Joseph O. Legaspi - Poems Academy of American Poets. Poets. Academy of American. poets.org. 2020-05-22.