Paolo JavierPaolo Javier is the current Queens Borough Poet Laureate. The recipient of grants from the Queens Council on the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, he is the author of five chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections, including THE FELING IS ACTUAL (Marsh Hawk Press), 60 LV BO(E)MBS (O Books), and the time at the end of this writing (Ahadada Books), which received a Small Press Traffic Book of the Year Award. He edits and publishes 2nd Avenue Poetry and curates Queens Poet Lore, a roving literary series that takes place across the borough. Read More Read Less