Justin Rovillos Monson

Justin Rovillos Monson, a Filipino-American poet & writer, was an inaugural PEN America Writing for Justice fellow and a recipient of the Kundiman / Asian American Literary Review / Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center A Lettre Mentorship in poetry. His work has appeared in POETRY, The Rumpus, The Nation, and elsewhere. He is currently serving a sentence in the Michigan Department of Corrections from which he hopes to be released in 2027.