Barbara Jane Reyes

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Diwata (BOA Editions Limited, 2010), Poeta en San Francisco (TinFish Press, 2005), Gravities of Center (Arkipelago Books, 2003)

Chapbooks:

Cherry (Portable Press at yo-yo labs, 2008), Easter Sunday (Ypolita Press, 2008)

Anthologies:

Zoland Poetry: An Annual of Poems, Translations and Interviews - Volume One (Zoland Books, 2007), Bay Poetics (Faux Press, 2006), Red Light: Superheroes, Saints, And Sluts (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005), Going Home to a Landscape (Calyx Books, 2003), Babaylan (Aunt Lute Books, 2000)

Journals:

Asian Pacific American Journal, Border Senses, Chain, Fairy Tale Review, Fourteen Hills, In the Grove, Kartika Review, MiPOesias, New American Writing, nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts, North American Review, Notre Dame Review, Octopus Magazine, Pacific Review, Parthenon West Review, Shampoo, The Drunken Boat, xcp: Cultural Poetics

Prizes:

James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets.

Personal Favorites

Favorite Authors:

Suheir Hammad, Juan Felipe Herrera, Harryette Mullen, Jaime Jacinto, Frances Chung, Eduardo Galeano, Adrian Castro, Sesshu Foster, Marianne Villanueva, Al Robles, Jeff Tagami, Merlinda Bobis, Linda Hogan, Gloria Anzaldúa, Leslie Marmon Silko

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Listing last updated: June 9, 2011

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Asian American, Filipino American

Born in:

Manila, Philippines

Raised in:

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews