Printable view of JoAnn Balingit

Listed as:

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:

Newark, DE

Delaware US

Email:

JoannBalingit@gmail.com

Bio:

A poet, essayist and arts-in-education advocate, JoAnn has taught poetry and creative nonfiction classes at the University of Delaware, Access Creative Aging Delaware, and regional non-profits, libraries and schools. She received an Ed.D from University of Delaware in 2008. From 2008-2015, she served as Delaware's poet laureate, and is a teaching artist for Poetry Out Loud. She is a 2023-2024 Fulbright US Scholar in the Philippines where she's doing research for a memoir.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Twitter/X:

@jabalingit @balingit on Bluesky

Born in:

Columbus, OH

Ohio

Raised in:

Lakeland, FL

Florida

Website:

http://joannbalingit.org [2]

Prizes won:

Whitebird Poetry Chapbook Prize; Global Filipino Literary Award in Poetry; Fellowships: Delaware Division of the Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow (2009, 2012), Bread Loaf Bakeless/Camargo Foundation 2014 residency for fiction.

What I'm reading now:

Hiroshima in the Morning by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto

Moby Dick by H. Melville

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story by Edwidge Danticat

Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

Identifies as:

Asian American

Filipino American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

At Risk Youth

Incarcerated Individuals

Seniors

Teachers

Teenagers