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 […]