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  • J. Mae Barizo

    Chair of the Undergraduate Creative Writing Program and Assistant Professor of Writing-Multi-genre

    Email
    jmaebarizo@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    J. Mae Barizo

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    Born in Toronto, J. Mae Barizo is a poet, essayist and hybrid artist who works at the intersection of poetics, media and performance. She is the author of two books of poetry, Tender Machines (Tupelo Press, 2023) and The Cumulus Effect (Four Way Books, 2015). Becoming Hybrid, her book on transdisciplinary and literary theory is forthcoming in the Poets on Poetry series at University of Michigan Press. Pink Noise, a book of hybrid essays on John Cage and the poetics of sound was a finalist for the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize and the 2023 Megaphone Prize. Her work has been anthologized in books published by Simon & Schuster, W.W. Norton, Atelier Editions and Harvard University Press.

    An advocate of hybrid work, she has collaborated with artists such as Salman Rushdie, Mark Morris and the American String Quartet. In 2024, she was an artist resident at Baryshnikov Arts Center. As a maker of theatre work, her dramas have been premiered worldwide and she was the inaugural recipient of Opera America's IDEA residency, given to artists who have the potential to shape the future of opera. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the MAP Fund, Bennington College, Mellon Foundation, Critical Minded and Poets House.


    Degrees Held

    MFA (Poetry), Bennington College

    MA (Performance), Mannes I The New School 


    Recent Publications

    Books

    Becoming Hybrid (University of Michigan Press, 2026)

    Tender Machines (Tupelo Press, 2023)

    The Cumulus Effect (Four Way Books, 2015)

    Anthologies

    Poetry is Not a Luxury (Simon & Schuster)

    Renga For Obama (Harvard University Press)

    The Kiss (W.W. Norton)

    Publications

    Academy of American Poets, The Atlantic, Book Forum, Boston Review, Esquire, Los Angeles Review of Books, Iowa Review, NYLON, Ploughshares, Poetry, Poetry Northwest, among others. 


    Performances and Appearances

    PUBLIC EVENTS

    Carnegie Hall with The Knights (October 2025)

    Parsons Paris (June 2025) 

    The Clark Institute (May 2025)

    AWP Los Angeles (March 2025)

    COMMISSIONS 

    DRIFT (Opera Saratoga, 2026)

    WOMBWOUND (Houston Performing Arts, University of San Diego) 

    UNBROKEN (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, 2024)

    ISOLA (Long Beach Opera, 2025; Princeton University, 2022) 

    INTERVIEWS

    Bomb Interview with J. Mae Barizo BOMB Magazine 


    Research Interests

    Contemporary Poetics, Performance, Radically Inclusive Pedagogy and Curricula, Hybrid Studies.


    Future Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Spring 2026

    Creative Writing Capstone
    NWRW 4001, Spring 2026

    Creative Writing Wrkshp Poetry
    NWRW 3980, Spring 2026

    Honors Program: Thesis
    NWRW 4950, Spring 2026

    Reading and Practice Seminars
    NWRG 5500, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Spring 2025

    Creative Writing Capstone
    NWRW 4001, Spring 2025

    Honors Program: Thesis
    NWRW 4950, Spring 2025

    Poetry Workshop
    NWRG 5100, Fall 2024

    TNS: Multi Arts/Writing Wkshp
    NWRW 3980, Spring 2025

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