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Poet Laureate of the United States

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Thursday, November 17, 2016
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Juan Felipe Herrera

Juan Felipe Herrera, the twenty-first Poet Laureate of the United States, will read from his work and meet the public in the Gothic Reading Room on West Campus. Mr. Herrera was selected for this honor on 10 June 2015, marking the first time that a Mexican-American--and by extension Latino--author has been recognized with the country's highest honor in poetry since this post was created in 1936. A poet, photographer, anthropologist, cartoonist, and multimedia artist, Herrera is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University, and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. He is the author of thirty books in a wide array of genres, including collections of poetry, prose, short stories, young adult novels, and picture books for children. Herrera also served as the Poet Laureate of California from 2012-2014 and was elected as a chancellor for the Academy of American Poets in 2011.

Type: READING
Contact: Dell Williams