Harry Palacio

Poet

Author's Bio

Harry Edgar Palacio (Hari) is a U.S born celebrity: numerous award-winning musician, author and fine artist. He is signed to Interscope Records & performed with Grammy winners and Grammy nominated artists including Ari Up, lead singer of The Slits 'Godmothers of Punk' former members of The Raincoats. He was offered a music contract with Atlantic Records and featured on MTV, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Topica Press, Daily Music Roll, Broken 8 Records, Tunepical, Poets & Writers, Authors Village, Better Auds, Bitgog, Rapper Journal, Muzic Times, African Hype, Record Niche, Discover Media Digital, Folk N' Rock, HipHop 1987, & Vents. Harry performed at Lucy's Garage, Paramount Theater, NYC, Dominican Republic, Dutchess County Music Festival, Studio Two, Annual Peace Concert, September Fest, Pace University, Manhattanville University, 925 South, Embark Gallery, Hudson Valley & Peekskill NY. Harry is 'Oregon Kool-aid,' 'Harry Palacio,' and 'Harry Edgar Palacio,' his musician/ recording artist/ producer projects are found on all platforms. Harry is a numerous award-winning author: anthology featured in Remezcla, finalist for Fjords Review Book Competition, semi-finalist for Quartz Literary Prize and Willow Run Book Award, grand prix at Hudson Valley MOCA Writing Off the Walls, Finishing Line Press chapbook competition, Finishing Line Press book competition & grand prix St. George School literary contest. He has two books published by Finishing Line press & one forthcoming by Atmosphere press. Harry performed at Electronica 1.0, Electronica 1.1 and has been accepted to be published in Pumpernickle House, North of Oxford, Mortal Magazine, Cesarus, Coffin Bell, Storm Cellar, Allegory Ridge, Wingless Dreamer, Chronogram, Quail Bell, Absurdo Lírio, Punt Volat, Active Muse, BarBar, Apiary, Tule Review, Washington Square Review, Landlocked Magazine, GAMBAzine, In Parentheses, Rigorous, Taint Taint Taint magazine, Untenured, The Closed Eye Open, Inlandia & elsewhere. He is an award-winning fine artist: International Competition Dantebus Bazart and Fox Lane Middle School Grand Prize featured in Arts Westchester with artwork accepted to be published in Bellevue Review, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Suburban Witchcraft, International Voices, Inside Voice, Blotter, Photoclosing & Personaland, who has been accepted to show fine art at several gallery exhibits in New York City, Westchester NY, England, Hudson Valley NY, Rome Italy and Florence Italy; including School of Visual Arts, Open Studios Peekskill 2016, 2017, & 2021; Paul Robeson Gallery, H-Art Gallery, Crossover XO, Hermosa, Mount Kisco Arts Council, Energy Movement Center and Dantebus Bazart. He was a music journalist & contributor at Tom Tom Magazine, More Sugar, & Popfadblog. He has read 4,811 books in his lifetime making him top #26 reader in the US & top #49 reader globally. Harry was a WARY 88.1 college radio DJ and Rock Music Director. Harry is an international Yoga teacher 200 Hours certified by Universe Yoga Alliance in Nepal/ India: an ordained Vadrayana, Ayurveda Guru, Feng Shui Master, certified Astrologer, Clairvoyant, & Chiromancer, whose Guruji is Sri Dharma Mittra, master of poses, who studied under Sri Yogi Gupta; famed yogic master. Harry is second generation Osho lineage. He has also meditated 135k minutes. Harry lives in Mount Kisco, New York born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; former residence Florida, Dominican Republic, & Nepal. He received a master’s in education from Manhattanville University, where he worked as assistant director of the university’s social justice branch. Harry was accepted into Harvard University. He has certificates from The New School & Rolling Stone Magazine, Parsons School of Design & Complex Magazine, Wesleyan University, Sydney University, Stanford University etc. Former New York Military Academy student (JROTC). He is a (BIPOC) Dominican-Colombian living with schizoaffective disorder

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Sweat (BarBar, 2024)
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Blacklandia (Inlandia Institute, 2023)
Book:
Sutras of Tiny Jazz (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
Chapbook:
Ambrosia (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
Journals:
Active Muse
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Chronogram
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Closed Eye Open
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Coffin Bell
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In Parentheses
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LandLocked
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Mortal
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Rigorous
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The Blotter
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Tule Review
Prizes won: 

International Art Competition Dante Bazart, Rome, Italy

Semi finalist Willow Run Book Award

Semi finalist Quartz literary Prize 

Finalist Fjords Book Prize 

Hudson Valley MOCA Poetry Prize 

Finishing Line Press Poetry Chapbook Prize 

Finishing Line Press Poetry Book Prize 

St. George High School Literary Prize, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo 

Junior Varsity Basketball Champions New York Military Academy, Cornwall, New York 

Junior Varsity Basketball Champions St. George High School, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo

Fox Lane Middle School Art Prize, Bedford New York

Citizenship Award, Mount Kisco, New York

Perfect Attendance Mount Kisco Elementary School

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Arthur Rimbaud Langston Hughes Jorie Graham Vyasa Valmiki Junot Diaz

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
BIPOC, Biracial, Black, Buddhist, Caribbean American, Disabled, Dominican, Feminist, Latino/Latina/Latinx, Native American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Philadelphia , PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Mount Kisco , NY
New York
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Last update: Nov 25, 2024