Ep. 35 Willie Perdomo Talks Smoking Lovely: The Remix

Produced by DuEwa World - Consulting + Bookings http://www.duewaworld.com Ep. 35 *SEASON 2* DuEwa interviews award winning poet, Willie Perdomo. Willie discusses his latest book Smoking Lovely: The Remix (2021, Haymarket Books) and being newly appointed New York State Poet. Visit www.willieperdomo.com. Pick up Willie's book at your local bookstore or at HayMarketBooks.com.
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BIO
Willie Perdomo is the author of Smoking Lovely: The Remix, The Crazy Bunch, The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, and Where a Nickel Costs of Dime.  Winner of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, and the PEN Open Book Award, Perdomo was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Poetry Society of America Norma Farber First Book Award.  He is co-editor of the anthology, Latínext, and his work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Poetry, Washington Post, The Best American Poetry 2019, and African Voices. He teaches at Phillips Exeter Academy and was recently appointed New York State Poet Laureate.