TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.
PROGRAM # 7609 12:00 PM PT
U.S. Poet Laureate Inauguration.
Today, poet Juan Felipe Herrera has his inaugural reading as a Poet Laureate of the U.S. in the Library of Congress. For his term as the nation’s official poet, Herrera chose a project titled “La Casa de Colores.” His vision is to create an “epic poem” about the U.S. community or gran familia with verses gathered from people from around the nation. In this conversation, Herrera shares details of his vision and makes a call to listeners to join his collective poem.
Guest: Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate, Washington, DC, www.juanfelipepoet.com
Also, Lifetime Poet and Activist. A conversation with distinguished poet Rafael Jesús González, about the importance of having the first Latino as the nation’s poet laureate. Born in the border city of El Paso, he also comments on the prevailing appetite for border walls, his participation in the upcoming International Tribunal of Conscience, a hearing on human rights in Mexico and Central America, and about the critical need to teach love.
Guest: Rafael Jesús González, Poet, Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and Literature, Berkeley, CA, www.rjgonzalez.blogspot.com
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