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Juan Felipe Herrera, 2015 U.S. Poet Laureate, To Read at Manhattanville College on October 23
Free, open to public reading of "exuberant and socially engaged" verse by the current Poet Laureate of the United States on October 23.
A reading and lecture by the 2015 Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera, whose poetry has been described as “exuberant and socially engaged, reflective and healing,” will take place on October 23, 2015 at 7 PM at Reid Castle on Manhattanville College‘s campus in Purchase, NY. The event is free and open to the public.
Herrera, whose most recent book of poetry is Notes on the Assemblage, is the first Latino to hold the prestigious Poet Laureate position. He previously served as California State Poet Laureate. Herrera is the son of migrant farm workers, an experience that strongly shaped some of his work.
He is the author of many collections of poetry, including Senegal Taxi; Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems, which received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross The Border.
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Herrera was educated at UCLA, Stanford University and the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop. He is also a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth.
Also discussing her work will be Reyna Grande, an award-winning novelist and memoirist. She has received an American Book Award, the El Premio Aztlan Literary Award, and the Latino Book Award. Her novels include Across a Hundred Mountains, Dancing with Butterflies and The Distance Between Us, her latest (2012).
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About Manhattanville College:
Manhattanville College (www.manhattanville.edu) is an independent, co-educational liberal arts institution dedicated to academic excellence and social and civic action. Manhattanville prepares students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community. Located just 30 minutes from New York City, Manhattanville serves 1,700 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students from more than 50 countries and 30 states. Founded in 1841, the College offers more than 50 undergraduate areas of study in the arts and sciences, and offers graduate programs in Education, Business, Creative Writing, as well as Continuing and Executive Education programs.
