Houston, Texas / North Dakota
Poetry
with Jennifer Clement
Juan R. Palomo was born in North Dakota into a migrant farmworker family. He grew up in South Texas and various Midwestern states, working in the fields with his family. He spent most of his adult life as a journalist, writing news and opinion for The Houston Post, Austin American-Statesman and USA TODAY. His poems have appeared in Acentos Review; New Mexico Review; The Account Magazine; Bayou Review; Sonora Review; Amaranth Journal, Infrarrealista Review, Hinchas de Poesía; ReVista: the Harvard Review of Latin America; Crosswinds Journal; Voices de la Luna; Fifth Wednesday Journal’s anthology of Mexican American writers; and Cutthroat Journal’s anthology, Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century. He has been a featured poet at the Rothko Chapel and on “The Beat,” the Knox County (Tennessee) Library’s poetry podcast. His 2021 chapbook, Al Norte, was published by Alabrava Press. He lives in Houston.
Juan R. Palomo nació en Dakota del Norte en una familia de trabajadores agrícolas migrantes. Creció en el sur de Texas y en varios estados del medio oeste de Estados Unidos, en donde trabajaba en el campo con su familia. Pasó la mayor parte de su vida adulta como periodista, escribiendo noticias y piezas de opinión para The Houston Post, Austin American-Statesman y USA TODAY. Sus poemas han aparecido en Acentos Review; New Mexico Review; The Account Magazine; Bayou Review; Sonora Review; Amaranth Journal, Infrarrealista Review, Hinchas de Poesía; ReVista: the Harvard Review of Latin America; Crosswinds Journal; Voices de la Luna; Anthology of Mexican American Writers (Fifth Wednesday Journal); y Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century (Cutthroat Journal). Ha leído sus poemas en la Capilla Rothko en Houston y en “The Beat,” el podcast de poesía de la biblioteca del condado de Knox (Tennessee). Su libro, Al Norte, fue publicado en 2021 por Alabrava Press. Actualmente vive en Houston.