Our People, Our Future: Richard Blanco in Conversation

Our People, Our Future: Richard Blanco in Conversation

Mary Mata January 22, 2013

By Ricardo Blanco, Poets.org Click on picture to read story. [Photo courtesy richard-blanco.com]

Bien Hecho: California Swears In First Latino Poet Laureate

Mary Mata March 27, 2012

California Governor Jerry Brown swore in Juan Felipe Herrera as the state’s new Poet Laureate last week.  Herrera currently serves as Chair in the Department of Creative Writing at the […]

Latina Poet Takes On Texas, LA, Nostalgia And Violence

Mary Mata November 1, 2011

The numerous speakers in Thelma T. Reyna’s poetry chapbook, Breath & Bone (Finishing Line Press, 2011), oscillate between the temporary flesh of nostalgia (breath) and the spiritual threat of violence […]