A man with a beard and a bald head, wearing a purple shirt and jacket, stands in front of a bookshelf filled with books. He is looking at the camera and smiling slightly.

Jubi Arriola-Headley

Jubi Arriola-Headley is a first-generation American born to Bajan (Barbadian) parents in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was also raised. A VONA/Voices and Lambda Literary alumnus, Jubi lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he works as a freelance writer and nonprofit consultant. He is working on his first collection of poems, tentatively titled Demons, in which he aims to navigate the political and emotional landscape between rage and joy.


Articles by Jubi Arriola-Headley

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Wednesday June 27

What Am I?

“There’s no magic pill, no chemical formula, no hack, no listicle that can help you be a writer. If you want to be a writer—first, last, and always, you have to write. So that’s what I’m going to do, because that’s what I am. I am a writer.”