Miami/South Florida Chapter Leader
JUBI ARRIOLA-HEADLEY (he/they) is a Blacqueer poet, a storyteller, a first-generation United Statesian, and author of the poetry collection original kink (Sibling Rivalry Press), recipient of the 2021 Housatonic Book Award. He’s a 2018 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, holds an MFA from the University of Miami, and has received support for his work from Millay Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center, the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Lambda Literary, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Jubi and his poems have been featured in Literary Hub, The Rumpus, Beloit Poetry Journal, Nimrod, Southern Humanities Review, Washington Square Review, PBS NewsHour’sBrief But Spectacular, & elsewhere. Jubi lives with his husband in South Florida, on Tequesta and Seminole lands, and his work explores themes of masculinity, vulnerability, rage, tenderness & joy.
Recent Events
Please join PEN America and the Art Prevails Project for Our Voices: Festival of Words as we celebrate literature and uplift literacy.
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PEN experts will discuss the organization’s engagement at New College, the state of censorship efforts in public education, and recent Florida legislation undermining our public education system.
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Please join us for a wide-ranging discussion with renowned writers as they explore the connection between science and fiction.
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Join PEN Miami/ South Florida as we welcome acclaimed author Ayana Mathis to discuss her gripping new novel, 'The Unsettled.'
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Join PEN America at the Miami Book Fair to discuss freedom of expression in the U.S. and around the world and PEN’s role in addressing attempts at censorship.
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This in-person conversation will examine the history of book bans in the United States and offer strategies for navigating our current censorious moment.
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Join us for a screening of the award-winning film "No Straight Lines," exploring the lives and artistry of five influential queer American comic book artists.
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A Celebration and Book Giveaway of the recently challenged books in the Miami-Dade County Public School System, including inaugural poet Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb
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PEN America presents Break Out: Miami, a dynamic reading of plays, poems, and short stories from the 2022 Prison Writing Awards Anthology.
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Let Florida Read, a joint partnership between Florida Freedom to Read Project and Florida Association for Media in Education is celebrating the freedom to read with a Read-In at…
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This moderator-led conversation will take a hard look at media coverage of LGBTQ public health issues
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PEN America and the Honors College at Miami Dade College (MDC) are teaming up to co-host the first-ever Student Summit on Free Expression in Miami this fall.
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This in-person conversation will examine the recent censorious threats in Florida and the power of Black literature to spur important cultural conversations.
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PEN America and the Venezuelan American Caucus host a panel discussion to explore community-based approaches to defeating disinformation, promoting local journalism, and encouraging civic engagement.
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Join us as we kick off Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Scholl Lecture Series with Arnold Lehman, renowned contemporary art advisor and administrator.
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PEN America Miami/South Florida is proud to celebrate the launch of Andrew Holleran’s latest novel Kingdom of Sand.
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Jewell Parker Rhodes and her daughter, young adult author Kelly McWilliams, come together in conversation to discuss book bans and young adult literature.
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Join us for a conversation about the role of social media on interpersonal relationships, and the influence of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc., at the social, political, and economic…
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Join us for a conversation with four Florida poets discussing how the region’s landscape, languages, and cultural identities feature in their work.
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