Jubi Arriola-Headley
Black queer poet, storyteller, and first-generation United Statesian
About Jubi
Jubi Arriola-Headley (he/him) is a Black queer poet, storyteller, and first-generation United Statesian who lives with his husband in South Florida and whose work explores themes of manhood, vulnerability, rage, tenderness, and joy. He’s a 2018 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, holds an MFA from the University of Miami, and his poems have been published with Ambit, Beloit Poetry Journal, Nimrod, Southeastern Humanities Review, The Nervous Breakdown, and elsewhere. Jubi’s debut collection of poems, original kink, is available now from Sibling Rivalry Press.
Appearances
Every time Jubi Arriola-Headley has taken the stage with House of SpeakEasy.
SpeakTogether
Jubi led a 6-week poetry workshop in Fall 2020 for 9th-grade students at University Heights High through our SpeakTogether program.