Douglas G. Cala

Douglas G. Cala is a spoken word performance poet, photographer/videographer and editor from New York. Getting his start on the cafe open mic circuit in the mid 2000s, Douglas has gone on to headline a variety of venues around the East Coast. These include feature showcases at The Cutting Room, Metropolitan Room, NJPAC, Brooklyn College, Manhattanville College, Columbia University, Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Busboys and Poets, the IMPerfect Gallery, Cornelia Street Cafe, Sidewalk Cafe, Parkside Lounge, New York Public Library, and the New York City Poetry Festival on Governors Island, among many others.

He has been published in a variety of zines, magazines and anthologies including Trouvaille Review, Soup Can Magazine, Flora Fiction, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Poet's Haven, IMPspired, Boog City, Taj Mahal Review, and others. When not writing and reciting, Douglas works full time for the NYC Department of Education's Division of Instructional Information Technology department as an Instructional IT Specialist & Desktop Publisher. He is also a staff editor for Dark Onus Lit/Dark Onus Press, an experimental Philadelphia-based magazine that publishes poetry, flash fiction, spoken word audio performance, artwork and prose. His forthcoming debut poetry chapbook, Eternal Embers, is due for release in 2023-2024. His six-track spoken word performance poetry/hybrid music EP Oenomel is due for release in September 2023. A documentary he was the Director of Photography on as well as co-produced, co-directed, co-edited and co-wrote titled Grimoire: Genesis of Jacob is also due for release Fall 2023.