California Lutheran University’s three-part poetry series, “Voices of the Nation: Celebrating the Work of U.S. Poets Laureate” will explore the content and the rich context of the works of U.S. Poets Laureate.  And one dedicated to Joy Harjo on April 14, who is the current U.S. Poet Laureate, 2019-2021. Harjo is the first indigenous poet to serve as U.S. Laureate.

At each event, a panel of guest speakers and faculty poets and scholars will present on subjects in their areas of expertise such as content on poetics, social justice, immigration, and indigenous land struggles. Students in the Cal Lutheran Honors English course, Poetry and the National Consciousness, will read selected poems by the laureates. On March 10, Juan Felipe Herrera will attend and read from his newest book, “Every Day We Get More Illegal.”

Hosted by Dr. Jacqueline Lyons, Cal Lutheran Associate Professor of English & Creative Writing, the virtual series is free and open to the public.