B.B.P. Hosmillo

B.B.P. Hosmillo is a practice-led researcher at The University of New England, Australia. Author of Breed Me: a sentence without a subject / Phối giống tôi: một câu không chủ đề (AJAR Press, 2016) with Vietnamese translation by Hanoi-based poets Nhã Thuyên and Hải Yến, their writings have also been translated into Indonesian, Bulgarian, and Korean. Founder and co-editor of Queer Southeast Asia: a literary journal of transgressive art, their poetry has appeared in The Ilanot Review, Palaver, Prairie Schooner, and Tupelo Quarterly as well as in anthologies Bettering American Poetry 2015, The Bookends Review Best of 2018 Anthology, and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Anthology. B.B.P. Hosmillo has received fellowships from The Japan Foundation in Tokyo, Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. They have served as a guest poetry editor for Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and Anomaly. In 2019, they were awarded Honorary Mayor by the city government of Jeonju, South Korea. In August 2023, they are participating in Winter Blooming, a festival that celebrates First Nations, multicultural, LGBTQA+ arts, culture, communities, and allies; co-curated by Dr. Christina Kenny of The University of New England and Rachael Parsons of the New England Regional Art Museum in New South Wales, Australia.