J. Mae Barizo was born in Toronto to Filipino immigrants and is the author of The Cumulus Effect (Four Way Books, 2015). A poet, essayist, and performer, her recent work appears or is forthcoming in Poetry, Boston Review, Esquire, and Los Angeles Review of Books. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from Bennington College, The New School, Jerome Foundation, and Poets House. Barizo is an advocate of cross-genre collaboration, and her song cycles “Chroma” and “Isola” will be premiered at Princeton University in fall 2020. She teaches at The New School and Pratt Institute and lives in New York City.