Juan Felipe Herrera wins Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

September 9, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Juan Felipe Herrera in front of an orange patterned wall in the Laureate Lab Visual Wordist Studio.

U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera, a professor emeritus of Chicano and Latin American studies at Fresno State, won a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in recognition of outstanding lifetime achievement in poetry.

‘It’s all for the people’; Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School opens in SE Fresno

August 26, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

The entrance of Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School -- a bright orange roof shelter with a deep blue office.

Located on Church and Willow avenues in Southeast Fresno, the Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School grounds are visually striking, with a large orange entrance contrasted with the dark blue administrative office and the vivid sky that often graces Fresno in the late summer.

Laureate Lab Visual Wordist Studio receives grant award from California Humanities

October 15, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Fresno State Students Participating in Zine Making Workshop Fall 2019. Photo by Anthony Cody

Studio has been awarded $5,000 for its project entitled “Sudden Experiments: A Series of Student-Led Public Workshops on Art/Poetry-Making.”

Poet Alumnus Named Finalist for National Book Award

October 9, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Anthony Cody in front of stairs at Fresno State.

Author and Fresno State alumnus Anthony Cody’s debut poetry collection, “Borderland Apocrypha,” has been named a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry.

Standing in the warm light of poetry giant Juan Felipe Herrera

November 6, 2018.Reading time 19 minutes.

“Something happens in the presence of giants. There’s that warm; reddish glow,” I say to the former United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. “A warm reddish glow,” he repeats. At that moment a colleague of his walks in, interrupting the conversation for a couple of minutes, which had drifted to one of his latest […]

University honors late poet with tree, bench, writing prize

December 19, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Dedication of a bench and tree in memory of late poet Mireyda "Mia" Barraza Martinez

~ By Jefferson Beavers, communications specialist, Department of English, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Faculty, students and community friends of the Department of English at Fresno State held a dedication ceremony Dec. 9 for a memorial tree and bench on campus in honor of the late poet and alumna Mireyda “Mia” Barraza Martinez. Barraza Martinez (pictured) died […]

Laureate Lab: spaces for creativity — 4 poet laureates at open house

May 10, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

~ By Tom Uribes, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com For the past year, Fresno State has been hatching a unique project with one of its most famous sons, United States Poet Laureate-emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera – the Laureate Lab Visual Words Studio located in the Henry Madden Library. Opened in the fall, the Lab has undergone a […]