ROB ARNOLD is a CHamoru poet, essayist, and arts leader whose work has appeared in Ploughshares, Hyphen, Gettysburg Review, Poetry Northwest, RED INK, Yes Poetry, The Ocean State Review, Peripheries, The Volta, and Solstice, among others, and has been anthologized in New CHamoru Literature and Na'huyong: An Anthology of CHamoru Literature. His poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and have received support from the Somerville Arts Council, the Jack Straw Cultural Center, and Artist Trust.
A graduate of NYFA’s 2023 Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color, Rob has dedicated his career to building access in publishing and advancing equity in literary spaces, a passion he carries into his current role as Executive Director of Poets House. Previously, he cofounded Memorious and worked with Ploughshares, Fence Books, Beacon Press, PEN New England, The National Poetry Series, the National Endowment for the Arts, Grid Books, Aevitas Creative Management, and Hugo House, where he was Interim Executive Director.
He lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he is writing a manuscript that explores indigeneity through violence and survival, divisions of the self and fragmentations of family.