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
street
I like marketplaces. I like train stations; I like being in trains. I like airports. I like walking down the street with a pen in my hand, writing, writing, writing.
melody
I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days.
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.
expansive offers
The goal for me is to be as expansive as possible, and the Library of Congress offers so many resources.
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.