Paolo Javier
Author
Paolo Javier was born in the Philippines and grew up in Las Piñas, Metro Manila; Katonah, New York; Cairo, Egypt; and Vancouver, British Columbia. 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. His books include Maybe the Sweet Honey Pours (Nion Editions, 2019), Court of Dragon (Nightboat Books, 2015), The Feeling Is Actual (Marsh Hawk Press, 2011), and 60 Iv Bo(e)mbs (O Books, 2005). He was the 2014 Queens Borough Poet Laureate.