Migrants all over the world are pushed and pulled across borders by hunger, terror and climate change. It happened to my own family. Juan Felipe Herrera borderchangeclimate Change image and share on social
First grade was - I spoke only Spanish, and second grade - probably a bit more English. And by the time I hit third grade, I was learning, of course, much, much more English. Juan Felipe Herrera biteenglishgrade Change image and share on social
I know I'm representing the Library of Congress, all the people of the United States and, of course, the Latinos and Latinas as well. Juan Felipe Herrera congresslatinaslatino Change image and share on social
Poetry can tell us about what's going on in our lives - not only our personal but our social and political lives. Juan Felipe Herrera livepersonalpoetry Change image and share on social
Sometimes you can do things with Spanish - like verbs and genders - easier than you can in English. Juan Felipe Herrera easyenglishgender Change image and share on social
I'm a political poet - let us say a 'human' poet, a poet that's concerned with the plight of people who suffer. If words can be of assistance, then that's what I'm going to use. Juan Felipe Herrera assistanceconcernhuman Change image and share on social
The banner of the project is 'Casa de Colores.' Under that banner, I'm going to invite people to do a lot of good things. Perhaps working in groups, working on poetry. Juan Felipe Herrera bannercasacolore Change image and share on social
My parents moved from ranch to ranch, valley to valley, town to town, but our roots in Fowler never really faded. For me, it's a place of history, stories and songs, not just facts and figures. Juan Felipe Herrera factfadefigure Change image and share on social
I've worked throughout California as a poet: in colleges, universities, worker camps, migrant education offices, continuation high schools, juvenile halls, prisons, and gifted classrooms. Juan Felipe Herrera californiacampclassroom Change image and share on social
Marvin Bell always looked very closely at how lines could break, how you could put over one line into the second line. How you could stop the line two or three times within the line: You could make it stop. Juan Felipe Herrera bellbreakclosely share on social
