Meet Dallas’ First-Ever Poet Laureate

Dallas, we have a Poet Laureate. Our first. This morning, Mayor Eric Johnson made it official at City Hall, with the crowning (sans laurel) of Joaquin Zihuatanejo. Will Evans, the founder of the nonprofit publishing house Deep Vellum, had advanced the notion of a poet laureate to city officials some five years ago. The idea … Continue reading Meet Dallas’ First-Ever Poet Laureate