Governor Newsom Appoints California Poet Laureate
November 19, 2022
November 19, 2022
SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 19 (TNSper) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2022:
Governor Gavin Newsom today appointed Lee Herrick to serve as California's 10th Poet Laureate. Herrick, 52, of Fresno, is a writer and professor who teaches at Fresno City College and the MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. A former Fresno Poet Laureate, Herrick's work is a vivid celebration of the California experience.< . . .
Governor Gavin Newsom today appointed Lee Herrick to serve as California's 10th Poet Laureate. Herrick, 52, of Fresno, is a writer and professor who teaches at Fresno City College and the MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. A former Fresno Poet Laureate, Herrick's work is a vivid celebration of the California experience.< . . .