When California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick shares his travel schedule with his friends, he says they often compare it to the itinerary of a band on tour. “It’s just city after city after city.” It’s an ...

ALL RIGHT. THANK DANICA. A FRESNO PROFESSOR BEEN APPOINTED TO SERVE AS CALIFORNIA’S 10TH POET LAUREATE. GOVERNOR NEWSOM APPOINTED LEE HERRICK TO THAT ROLE TODAY. THE 52 YEAR OLD TEACHER WORKS AT ...

Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, who celebrates his home state in "My California," joins the L.A. Times Book Club tonight. Herrick will be in a live streaming conversation with Times editor Steve Padilla ...

Want to become a signature voice of your nation? Try a decades-long exile in California. It worked for Czeslaw Milosz, who entered the pantheon of Polish poets thanks to works he wrote mostly in ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Fresno’s Lee Herrick to serve as California’s 10 th Poet Laureate. “Lee’s dedication to highlighting the diverse experiences of ...

In late November, Gov. Gavin Newsom and first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom walked into professor Lee Herrick’s class at Fresno City College, surprising him with the news that he was chosen as ...

If all you knew about León Salvatierra were his résumé, you could be forgiven for assuming he’s living the dream life. He has a doctorate in Hispanic languages and literatures from UC Berkeley and a ...

Earlier this month, David Starkey, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2011, hosted his semi-annual poetry series at the Goleta Valley Library. Given that it was the last day of Fiesta, August 4, ...