Oliver de la Paz

Oliver de la Paz is an American poet and educator. He is the author of four collections of poetry, including Requiem for the Orchard (University of Akron Press, 2010), winner of the Akron Prize for Poetry.[1] His honors include a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award[2] and a 2009 GAP Grant from Artist Trust.[3] His work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including Virginia Quarterly Review, [4] North American Review, Tin House, Chattahoochee Review, and in anthologies such as Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation (University of Illinois Press, 2004).

De la Paz was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Ontario, Oregon. He earned a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in English from Loyola Marymount University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Arizona State University.[5] He teaches at College of the Holy Cross,[6] and co-chairs the advisory board of Kundiman,[7] a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Asian American Poetry.

Published works
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gollark: There are also those IMSI catcher things which law enforcement uses for stupid privacy invasion reasons an awful lot. I'm not actually sure what to do about those.
gollark: There's this exploit called Simjacker which is only a thing because SIM cards have too much and overcomplicated software on them, as well as seemingly access to stuff they shouldn't for some reason.

References
  1. Author Page > University of Akron Press > Requiem for the Orchard
  2. "New York Foundation for the Arts > 2005 NYFA Fellows & Panelists". Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
  3. "Artist Trust > 2009 GAP Grant Recipient Profiles". Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
  4. Virginia Quarterly Review > Winter 2008 > Nocturne with a Dictator by Oliver de la Paz
  5. "From the Fishouse > Oliver de la Paz Bio". Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
  6. "Oliver de la Paz | College of the Holy Cross". www.holycross.edu. Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
  7. "Kundiman Website > Who We Are". Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
  8. "Author Page > Southern Illinois University Press > Oliver de la Paz". Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
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