Janine Joseph
@j9joseph.bsky.social
🇵🇭 & 🇺🇸| poet, librettist, prof | Co-organizer: Undocupoets | 📚: Decade of the Brain / Driving Without a License / Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora | 🐶♏️ | fka undocumented
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"Here to Stay" collects #poetry & prose from 53 undocumented writers in America. "A poem cannot protect a person without documents from arrest. But it is capable of a resonant whisper" say the #undocupoets editors @marcelohcastillo.bsky.social @j9joseph.bsky.social & @estherwslin.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Here to Stay" collects #poetry & prose from 53 undocumented writers in America. "A poem cannot protect a person without documents from arrest. But it is capable of a resonant whisper" say the #undocupoets editors @marcelohcastillo.bsky.social @j9joseph.bsky.social & @estherwslin.bsky.social
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ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 22nd! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
July 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 22nd! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
I’m closing my time as a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project with a new op-ed in Prism Reports. Next week is AWP & the piece is perfectly timed—if you’re attending & browsing the bookfair, pay attention to the submission guidelines you come across & invite people into more inclusive practices.
In a time of mass deportations, the literary community must end discriminatory practices, writes Janine Joseph in an op-ed. As the Trump administration makes good on its deportation promises, the literary community must take immediate action & ensure the protection of all our stories & writers.
Under Trump, literary community must end discriminatory practices
The literary community must take immediate action and ensure the protection of all our stories and writers
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March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I’m closing my time as a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project with a new op-ed in Prism Reports. Next week is AWP & the piece is perfectly timed—if you’re attending & browsing the bookfair, pay attention to the submission guidelines you come across & invite people into more inclusive practices.
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Excited to release HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry with @haymarketbooks.org, coming to your nearest bookstore in May 2025. The cover is from Palestinian artist Jumana Manna & features brilliant poetry from Palestinian comrades all over the world. @intifadabatata.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Excited to release HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry with @haymarketbooks.org, coming to your nearest bookstore in May 2025. The cover is from Palestinian artist Jumana Manna & features brilliant poetry from Palestinian comrades all over the world. @intifadabatata.bsky.social
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1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.
I also keep thinking that we have to support our libraries.
January 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.
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A workshop opportunity. Limited slots for virtual class partial acholarships available
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January 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A workshop opportunity. Limited slots for virtual class partial acholarships available
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HERE TO STAY, as reviewed by @christophernelson.bsky.social for Green Linden Press:
“And what coheres in these pages—despite stylistic and formal variety—is the power of art to make the poet and the reader more whole, and to intend a more whole future and a more complete sense of history.”
“And what coheres in these pages—despite stylistic and formal variety—is the power of art to make the poet and the reader more whole, and to intend a more whole future and a more complete sense of history.”
I reviewed Here to Stay, which gives voice to 52 undocumented, or once undocumented, poets. Their rebuttal to the Trumpian zeitgeist are invaluable.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
HERE TO STAY, as reviewed by @christophernelson.bsky.social for Green Linden Press:
“And what coheres in these pages—despite stylistic and formal variety—is the power of art to make the poet and the reader more whole, and to intend a more whole future and a more complete sense of history.”
“And what coheres in these pages—despite stylistic and formal variety—is the power of art to make the poet and the reader more whole, and to intend a more whole future and a more complete sense of history.”
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Read this intimate profile on poet, @j9joseph.bsky.social written by @serenazets.bsky.social for the @wcp.bsky.social: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7565...
Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social #DCTODO
Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social #DCTODO
She Grew Up Undocumented. Her Experience Shaped Her Poetry.
Days after Donald Trump's inauguration, formerly undocumented Filipino artist Janine Joseph will discuss the intricacies of immigration and how art can fuel a movement in perilous times. The talk will...
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January 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Read this intimate profile on poet, @j9joseph.bsky.social written by @serenazets.bsky.social for the @wcp.bsky.social: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7565...
Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social #DCTODO
Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social #DCTODO
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Tomorrow, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series
The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,
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January 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tomorrow, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
I’m not looking forward to much of next week, but onwards we go—& a bright spot is Thursday when I’ll be in conversation with poet Kyle Dargan for the Life of a Poet series Hill Center. Many thanks to everyone making this event possible, including Mary Ann Brownlow and Serena Zets.
Read this intimate profile on poet, @j9joseph.bsky.social written by @serenazets.bsky.social for the @wcp.bsky.social: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7565...
Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
@poetryfoundation.bsky.social
Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
@poetryfoundation.bsky.social
She Grew Up Undocumented. Her Experience Shaped Her Poetry.
Days after Donald Trump's inauguration, formerly undocumented Filipino artist Janine Joseph will discuss the intricacies of immigration and how art can fuel a movement in perilous times. The talk will...
washingtoncitypaper.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’m not looking forward to much of next week, but onwards we go—& a bright spot is Thursday when I’ll be in conversation with poet Kyle Dargan for the Life of a Poet series Hill Center. Many thanks to everyone making this event possible, including Mary Ann Brownlow and Serena Zets.
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On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series
The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,
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January 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
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On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series
The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,
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January 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
Friends in the DC and DMV area! On January 23rd, I’ll be talking with poet, editor, and American University professor Kyle Dargan as part of The Life of a Poet series at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in DC. I hope you’ll join us: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
January 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Friends in the DC and DMV area! On January 23rd, I’ll be talking with poet, editor, and American University professor Kyle Dargan as part of The Life of a Poet series at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in DC. I hope you’ll join us: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
Submissions are now OPEN for the annual Undocupoets Fellowship! Three $500 fellowships + all-inclusive scholarships to attend the 2025 Summer Workshop Program at the Fine Arts Work Center. Open to poets who are currently or formerly undocumented in the United States.
DEADLINE: 2/14 at 11:59 pm ET
DEADLINE: 2/14 at 11:59 pm ET
January 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Submissions are now OPEN for the annual Undocupoets Fellowship! Three $500 fellowships + all-inclusive scholarships to attend the 2025 Summer Workshop Program at the Fine Arts Work Center. Open to poets who are currently or formerly undocumented in the United States.
DEADLINE: 2/14 at 11:59 pm ET
DEADLINE: 2/14 at 11:59 pm ET
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On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series
The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,
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January 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
#ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer
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Cheers to the poets! It is, as always, a joy to serve on this committee. The @bookcritics.bsky.social poetry longlist is live!
December 18, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Cheers to the poets! It is, as always, a joy to serve on this committee. The @bookcritics.bsky.social poetry longlist is live!
Help me pick a new author photo
November 29, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Help me pick a new author photo
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For Mizna, I reflect on this moment of honoring Palestinians at the National Book Awards @nationalbook.bsky.social & sit more deeply with @lenakt.bsky.social & Fady Joudah's earth-shattering books. An honor to publish both finalist readings, including Fady's new poem 🍉🇵🇸
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Honoring Palestinian Poets in a Time of Genocide: Poems from National Book Award Winner Lena Khalaf Tuffaha + Finalist Fady Joudah - Mizna
Love takes the form of rain clouds: we accumulate despite our im/possible wounds, gather even in miraculous conditions. We join our kin in the swarm, all of whom gathering, like us, as waters from unk...
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November 26, 2024 at 9:50 PM
For Mizna, I reflect on this moment of honoring Palestinians at the National Book Awards @nationalbook.bsky.social & sit more deeply with @lenakt.bsky.social & Fady Joudah's earth-shattering books. An honor to publish both finalist readings, including Fady's new poem 🍉🇵🇸
mizna.org/mizna-online...
mizna.org/mizna-online...
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I am keeper of the post-MFA tumblr (crowdsourced) which has tons of info on post-MFA fellowships, BUT it also has info on residencies—with a whole section of shorter residencies for caregivers! Pass it on! #writers #writingcommunity post-mfa.tumblr.com/residencies
Post-MFA Resources
Fellowships, Residencies, and other resources for people with MFAs in Creative Writing...
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November 23, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I am keeper of the post-MFA tumblr (crowdsourced) which has tons of info on post-MFA fellowships, BUT it also has info on residencies—with a whole section of shorter residencies for caregivers! Pass it on! #writers #writingcommunity post-mfa.tumblr.com/residencies
Sometimes there are perks to walking your pup in 37 degree weather—above us last night was a lunar halo, which I’d never seen before 🧿
November 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Sometimes there are perks to walking your pup in 37 degree weather—above us last night was a lunar halo, which I’d never seen before 🧿
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We are looking for members for our Reader Board. These volunteer readers’ responsibilities would primarily include reading manuscripts for contests, open reading periods, and solicited submissions, and more! Applications are due by 11/30. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#re...
November 14, 2024 at 3:14 PM
We are looking for members for our Reader Board. These volunteer readers’ responsibilities would primarily include reading manuscripts for contests, open reading periods, and solicited submissions, and more! Applications are due by 11/30. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#re...
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“A poet is a nightingale who sits in the darkness, and sings”
—Shelley, in Defense of Poetry
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"In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times."
—Bertolt Brecht
—Shelley, in Defense of Poetry
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"In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times."
—Bertolt Brecht
November 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM
“A poet is a nightingale who sits in the darkness, and sings”
—Shelley, in Defense of Poetry
*
"In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times."
—Bertolt Brecht
—Shelley, in Defense of Poetry
*
"In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times."
—Bertolt Brecht
Documents like these tell a wild story of my life as a formerly undoc person. My college diploma was signed by Schwarzenegger, who repealed a law allowing undoc people the right to obtain driver’s licenses. My naturalization certificate was signed by Obama, who left office as “Deporter-In-Chief.”
November 10, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Documents like these tell a wild story of my life as a formerly undoc person. My college diploma was signed by Schwarzenegger, who repealed a law allowing undoc people the right to obtain driver’s licenses. My naturalization certificate was signed by Obama, who left office as “Deporter-In-Chief.”
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I made a starter pack for Bull City press authors, guests, and friends. go.bsky.app/PhcmmC7
November 8, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I made a starter pack for Bull City press authors, guests, and friends. go.bsky.app/PhcmmC7