Poetry News

Queens poet laureate focuses on technology

By Harriet Staff

Paolo Javier who was recently named poet laureate of the borough of Queens thinks the future of poetry is in technology. The New York Daily News reports.

By fusing multimedia platforms like film and the Internet with words, Sunnyside resident Paolo Javier said, he hopes to make poetry more accessible to the borough’s aspiring writers.

Tags: Audio, multmedia, new york city, Paolo Javier, poet laureate, Queens, Video
Posted in Poetry News on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 by Harriet Staff.