Oscar Bermeo Born in Ecuador, raised in the Bronx, writes poetry in Oakland

photo credit: David Huang

Born in Ecuador and raised in the Bronx, Oscar Bermeo is the author of the chapbooks Anywhere Avenue and Palimpsest. He makes his home in Oakland with his wife, poeta Barbara Jane Reyes.
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Code-Switch
August 7, 2009
- Code-switching drives my poetry and brings me to read a variety of text, listen to a great deal of recordings, and attend as many readings as possible to keep that interest moving forward. It would be great if “moving forward” led to some grand destination, a poetry nirvana, where all my questions regarding meter, line length, white space, tone and style were magically answered. ...
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Scenes from the San Francisco International Poetry Festival
July 27, 2009
- Pictures from the Main Stage reading of the San Francisco International Poetry Festival. Reading report is here.
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