Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrerais a poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist. Herrera has been the United States Poet Laureate since 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 December 1948
CountryUnited States of America
laureate poet united
Yes, I am the first Latino poet laureate in the United States. But I'm also here for everyone and from everyone. My voice is made by everyone's voices.
latinas latinos
I want our young Latinos and Latinas to write their hearts out and express their hearts out and let us all listen to each other.
melody
I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days.
expansive offers
The goal for me is to be as expansive as possible, and the Library of Congress offers so many resources.