America’s new poet laureate is the son of migrant farmworkers

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By Madeleine ThomasJun 10, 2015, 6:49 pm136 pts
Today, Juan Felipe Herrera became America’s newest poet laureate, the highest public office for poetry in the country. Much of Herrera’s work revolves around Mexican-American identity, influenced by his experience growing up as the son of migrant farmworkers and his roles in California’s Chicano civil…

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