Join us for a reading and talk with poet Joseph O. Legaspi, Global Filipino Literary Award winner.

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 MFA from New York University's Creative Writing Program. He is the author of the poetry collections Threshold and Imago, both from CavanKerry Press; and three chapbooks: Postcards (Ghost Bird Press), Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts), and Subways (Thrush Press).

Recent works have appeared in POETRY, Orion, New England Review, World Literature Today, and Best of the Net.

He cofounded Kundiman, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing generations of writers and readers of Asian American literature. He lives with his husband in Queens, New York. (Photo: Rachel Eliza Griffiths)

This event is part of the Center for Creativity's "In Our Own Write" program for LGBTQ+ elder (age 50+) writers and is open to everyone in the Pitt community.