Publisher's Synopsis
*This book collects a series of collaborations with comic artists, including Ernest Concepcion and Alex Tarampi *Author was the Queens Poet Laureate from 2010 to 2014 *Author organized poetry and art festival at Queens Museum of Art, Eterniday: Queens Poet Lore Festival of the Language Arts *Author was profiled by Ian Frazier in The New Yorker in 2015 *Author participated in the Queens International in 2018-2019 *Author was a featured blogger on The Poetry Foundation's Harriet *Author is Program Director of Poets House *Author has 20 years of experience as an educator both at college level and secondary & middle school levels (ELA) as a public school teacher *Author holds a BFA from the University of British Columbia and MFA from Bard College *Awards: Queens Council of the Arts, Queens Poet Laureate, Small Press Traffic Book of the Year Award for the time at the end of this writing (Ahadada), 2004