JOSEPH O. LEGASPI
Poet
Joseph O. Legaspi was born in the Philippines, where he lived before immigrating to Los Angeles with his family at age twelve. He received a BA from Loyola Marymount University and an MA from New York University’s creative writing program.
A Fulbright scholar and two-time NYSCA/New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow, Legaspi is the author of the poetry collections Amphibian (Curbstone Books/Northwestern University Press), Threshold and Imago (both from CavanKerry Press); and three chapbooks: Subways (Thrush Press); Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapons Arts); and Postcards (Ghost Bird Press).
In 2004, Legaspi cofounded Kundiman, a national organization serving generations of writers and readers of Asian American literature. He works at Columbia University, teaches at Fordham University, and resides with his husband in Jackson Heights, Queens.
