“Her language is spare and surprisingly direct given the ghostly subject, a deliberate refusal to invite a subsurface reading…Though solid ground can be difficult to find, Sapigao’s “imperfect translation” is worth the work of the journey.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
NEWS
“Montalvo Announces New Lucas Artist Fellows, 2023” Montalvo Arts Center, June 2023.
“Womanhood Project Celebrates Female Leaders in Santa Clara County” Mercury News, March 2022.
“Poet Laureate Navigates a Pandemic, Social Upheaval to Share Her Love of Words,” San Jose Inside, September 2020.
“23 Poets Laureate Receive Fellowships for Project Around the U.S.” The New York Times, May 2020.
“San Jose’s Sapigao named Poet Laureate” Mercury News, February 2020.
“Board of Supervisors Appoints Janice Lobo Sapigao as 2020-21 Santa Clara County Poet Laureate” Santa Clara County Library District, February 2020.
“Women to Watch: Janice Lobo Sapigao” KQED Arts, July 2017.
forthcoming: interviews, audio, & videos
forthcoming: interviews, audio, & videos
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