RafaelFajardo

nprbooks:

Poetry readers, prepare yourselves for a passing of the
laurels. The Library of Congress announced in the wee hours Wednesday that the
next U.S. poet laureate will be California writer Juan Felipe Herrera. He will
be the first Latino poet to be appointed to the position.

“This is a mega-honor for me,” Herrera said in the
announcement, “for my family and my parents who came up north before and
after the Mexican Revolution of 1910 — the honor is bigger than me.”

Juan
Felipe Herrera Named U.S. Poet Laureate

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