Who is Juan Felipe Herrera?

The son of migrant farm workers, Herrera was educated at UCLA and Stanford University, and he earned his MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. read more

Juan Felipe Herrera (born December 27, 1948) is a poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist. Herrera was the 51st United States Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. read more

Copyright © 2015 by Juan Felipe Herrera. “Five Directions to My House” excerpted from “Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems” by Juan Felipe Herrera. Copyright © 2008 Juan Felipe Herrera. Reprinted with the permission of the University of Arizona Press. This material is protected from unauthorized downloading and distribution. read more

Juan Felipe Herrera, (born December 27, 1948, Fowler, California, U.S.), American poet, author, and activist of Mexican descent who became the first Latino poet laureate of the United States (2015–17). read more

Juan Felipe Herrera. Juan Felipe Herrera (born December 27, 1948 Fowler, California) is a poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist. Herrera was the United States Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. read more

Juan Felipe Herrera, (born December 27, 1948, Fowler, California, U.S.), American poet, author, and activist of Mexican descent who became the first Latino poet laureate of the United States. He is known for his often-bilingual and autobiographical poems on immigration, Chicano identity, and life in California. read more