Harry Palacio

Poet

Author's Bio

Harry Edgar Palacio (Hari) is a numerous award-winning musician, author & fine artist. He hit #1 in Luxembourg music charts, performed with Grammy winners & 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 & Interscope Records, featured on MTV, ABC, CBS, NBC, Topica Press, Daily Music Roll, Broken 8 Records, Tunepical, Rapper Journal, Muzic Times, African Hype, Record Niche, Folk N' Rock, HipHop 1987, Vents & elsewhere. Harry performed at 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 NY. Harry is 'Oregon Kool-aid,' & 'Harry Edgar Palacio,' his 10 albums: Ishtar & CernunnosBehead the Satyr... O' the Courtesans, Vestals & NymphsBehead the Satyr... Courtesans, Vestals & NymphsSeven Years... & the Vestal OrgyLegba's NymphsSex/ death IbburSatanic Church MusicThe Trial of Zion & Five Thousand Year AscentThe Trial of Zion & Five Thousand Year Ascent B-sides & rarities & Seven Year Bitch & the Velocity of Witch Hunts are available on all platforms. Harry is a numerous award-winning author: finalist for Fjords Review Book Competition, semi-finalist for Quartz Literary Prize & Willow Run Book Award, grand prix at Hudson Valley MOCA Writing Off the Walls, Finishing Line Press chapbook & book competition. He has published three books AmbrosiaSutras of Tiny Jazz & Lazarus at His Desk: Vertigo-talk with The Foyer to be released 2026. Harry performed at Electronica 1.0, 1.1, One Billion Rising & has been published in Amberdextrous Bloodhound, Ballast, Pumpernickle House, Backwards Trajectory, North of Oxford, Mortal Magazine, Cesarus, Coffin Bell, Storm Cellar, Allegory Ridge, Wingless Dreamer, Quail Bell, Absurdo Lírio, Punt Volat, Active Muse, BarBar, Apiary, Tule Review, Washington Square Review, Landlocked, GAMBAzine, In Parentheses, Rigorous, Taint Taint Taint, Untenured, The Closed Eye Open, Inlandia & elsewhere. He is an award-winning fine artist featured on the cover of Blotter Magazine & Bellevue Review with artwork 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 galleries & festivals in NYC, UK & Italy; including School of Visual Arts, Graffik Gallery, Open Studios Peekskill 2016, 2017, & 2021; Paul Robeson Gallery, H-Art Gallery, Crossover XO, Hermosa, Mount Kisco Arts Council & Dantebus Bazart. He was a music journalist for Popfadblog, Art Teacher, Assistant TESOL Teacher & has read 4,966 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 & Rock Music Director. He is an international Yoga Master 200 Hours certified by Universe Yoga Alliance in Nepal/ India, Vadrayana, Reiki Grandmaster, Yoga & Ayurveda Guru, Feng Shui Master, 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 is a Meditation Master and has meditated 144,000 minutes in his lifetime. Harry lives in Mount Kisco, New York born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; former residence Dominican Republic, & Nepal. He received a Master’s in Ed from Manhattanville University where he worked as assistant director of the 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 & Stanford University etc. Former New York Military Academy student JROTC 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: 

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: Apr 13, 2025