DAVID NAVARIO

Poet

David Nazario is a spirit, human, brother, sun, friend and lover. He is also a Queer Afro-Puerto Rican writer, educator, speaker, and spoken word artist from Reading, Pennsylvania, now living in Brooklyn, New York. These identifiers inform his lived experience, thus informing his work, service, and perspective. This unique perspective is one the cornerstones to David’s learning, unlearning, interpretation, and expression of the world around him. 

David is a Nuyorican Poetry Slam winner and an internationally published writer whose first book, ‘Make Love Your Religion: How To Put Love First & Succeed at Doing What You Love’ (SDJ Press) was published in 2018. His writing has been read and featured in publications like Reading Eagle Newspaper, El Palo Magazine, Cititour.com, Swaay.com and Blk Voices Magazine. 

David has spoken at institutions like: Penn State University, Shippensburg University, Kutztown University, Olivet Boys & Girls Club, ASSETS, Bronx Eagle Academy, and GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. His latest book, ‘Poems Written In The Bathtub While Cumming Out’ (SDJ Press) was published in 2022. David has been an artist-in-residence with ArtCrawl Harlem, South Central PaARTners, and Urban Word NYC. 

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