John Brandi is a poet, essayist, haiku writer, and visual artist, and a 45-year resident of northern New Mexico. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, various awards from state arts councils to teach in rural schools, and a recent grant from the Witter Bynner Foundation to translate the work of Japanese poet, Masaoka Shiki, a book scheduled for release in 2017. He lives with his wife, Renée Gregorio, in El Rito. Their collaborations include: Pa’Siempre, Cuba Poems, Road to the Cloud’s House: Chiapas Poems, and Unmasking the Fire: Bali Journals.

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