The former Queens Borough Poet Laureate (2010-2014), Paolo Javier was born in the Philippines and grew up in Las Piñas, Metro Manila; Katonah, Westchester County; El-Ma’adi, Cairo; Burnaby and North Delta, Metro Vancouver. He’s produced three albums of sound poetry with Listening Center (David Mason), including the limited edition pamphlet/cassette Ur’lyeh/ Aklopolis and the booklet/cassette Maybe the Sweet Honey Pours. The recipient of a 2021 Rauschenberg Foundation Artist Grant, Paolo Javier was a featured artist in Greater NY 2015 and Queens International 2018: Volumes. His fifth full-length book of poetry, O.B.B., a (weird postcolonial techno dream-pop) comics poem that also includes illustrations by Alex Tarampi and Ernest Concepcion, will be published by Nightboat Books in the fall of 2021.
Masterclass Workshop is limited to 15 students. Email csartistcoordinator@calarts.edu to sign up.
This event is sponsored by the Nick England Intercultural Arts Project and by the CalArts School of Critical Studies MFA in Creative Writing Program.
Reading(s) will be streamed via the Creative Writing Program's YouTube Channel.
Poster design by Amal Amer