When California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick shares his travel schedule with his friends, he says they often compare it to the itinerary of a band on tour. “It’s just city after city after city.” It’s an ...

Want to become a signature voice of your nation? Try a decades-long exile in California. It worked for Czeslaw Milosz, who entered the pantheon of Polish poets thanks to works he wrote mostly in ...

In late November, Gov. Gavin Newsom and first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom walked into professor Lee Herrick’s class at Fresno City College, surprising him with the news that he was chosen as ...

Catching up with poet Dana Gioia of Santa Rosa can be a little difficult these days. He turned 72 on Christmas Eve but continues to be a man constantly on the move. Now officially retired from his ...

On Thursday on Midday Edition, we're talking about arts and culture-related events and things to do in San Diego this weekend. It’s National Poetry Month, and San Diego’s poetry community is kicking ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Fresno’s Lee Herrick to serve as California’s 10 th Poet Laureate. “Lee’s dedication to highlighting the diverse experiences of ...

From Charleston, South Carolina, to San Mateo County in California, poets laureate are receiving support from a program managed by the Academy of American Poets. On Thursday, the academy announced ...

Al YOUNG, a Mississippi-born writer living in the Bay Area since the early 1960s, is Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pick to serve as California’s second formally recognized poet laureate -- a job that ...

Foley wrote more than 25 volumes of poetry and an encyclopedia of California writers of verse that ran 1,300 pages.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Nov. 30. I’m Ryan Fonseca. As I read this month that Gov. Gavin Newsom had appointed Fresno resident, writer and ...