Jubi Arriola-Headley (he/him) was a Black queer poet, storyteller, and first-generation United Statesian, and the author of the poetry collection original kink (Sibling Rivalry Press), recipient of the 2021 Housatonic Book Award. His second collection, Bound, was published by Persea Books in February 2024.
Arriola-Headley’s work received support from Yaddo, Millay Arts, Lambda Literary, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. His poems were featured in Literary Hub, Kweli Journal, and Southern Humanities Review, on PBS NewsHour’s Brief But Spectacular, and elsewhere. An excerpt of his memoir in essays received the 2023 First Pages Prize.
Arriola-Headley lived with his husband in South Florida on ancestral Tequesta, Miccosukee, and Seminole lands. His work explored themes of masculinity, rage, pleasure, tenderness, and joy.
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More Jubi Arriola-Headley
Text: Read Arriola Headley's "Hot Comb" at Literary Hub
Video: Watch Arriola-Headley on PBS NewsHour's Brief But Spectacular
Text: Read "Heliocentric Cento: After Sun Ra" at Kweli Journal
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Photo by Beowulf Sheehan.