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Joseph O. Legaspi authored the poetry collections Amphibian, Threshold and Imago, and three chapbooks: Postcards; Aviary, Bestiary; and Subways. His works have appeared in POETRY, American Poetry Review, The Common, World Literature Today and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day.

A Fulbright and New York Foundation for the Arts fellow, he cofounded Kundiman, a nonprofit organization serving generations of Asian American writers and readers. Legaspi works at Columbia University, teaches at Fordham University and resides in Queens, New York.