Draft:J. Mae Barizo

J. Mae Barizo is a Filipino-Canadian poet, essayist, and multidisciplinary artist currently based in New York City. She is the author of two poetry collections: The Cumulus Effect (Four Way Books, 2015) and Tender Machines (Tupelo Press, 2023).

Barizo's opera, ISOLA, written with composer Alyssa Weinberg, premiered with Long Beach Opera in February 2024.

She currently teaches at The New School.

Recent writing appears in Poetry (magazine), Ploughshares, Esquire, Los Angeles Review of Books,  The Paris Review, Boston Review,, among others. She has been interviewed by BOMB Magazine, The New York Times, and Poetry Northwest, among others.