At this Symposium, workshops will be geared towards the theme of Creativity Juan Felipe Herrera will join us as our creative writing workshop leader, keynote reader and presenter. In 2015 Juan Felipe Herrera was appointed the 21st United States Poet Laureate, the first Mexican American to hold the position. Herrera grew up in California as the son to migrant farmers, which he has commented strongly shaped much of his work. A Washington Post article tells the story that “As a child, Herrera learned to love poetry by singing about the Mexican Revolution with his mother, a migrant farmworker in California. Inspired by her spirit, he has spent his life crossing borders, erasing boundaries and expanding the American chorus.”
Date and Time
Friday Aug 2, 2019 Sunday Aug 4, 2019
August 2-4, 2019
Location
Saint Francis Retreat Center
Fees/Admission
various
Website
https://www.californiapoets.org/events/creativity-for-change-calpoets-2019-statewide-symposium-with-
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