J. D. Isip

B. 1975
Headshot of poet J D Isip
Photo by Cherrelle Johnson

J.D. Isip is the author of Pocketing Feathers (Sadie Girl Press, 2015) and Kissing the Wound (Moon Tide Press, 2023). He was born and raised in a large, mixed-race (Filipino/Latino) family in Long Beach, California. After leaving the military, he earned a BA and an MA from California State University, Fullerton, and a PhD from Texas A&M University-Commerce. Isip is a micro-fiction and contributing editor for the Blue Mountain Review. He lives in Texas and teaches at Collin College.