Laurie ann guerrero biography
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Laurie Ann Guerrero
American poet
Laurie Ann Guerrero is a Chicanapoet from San Antonio, Texas.
Laurie ann guerrero biography
She was the poet laureate of San Antonio from 2014 to 2016 and the Poet Laureate of Texas from 2016 to 2017. In the fall semester of 2017, she became the first writer-in-residence at Texas A&M University San Antonio and a "fully immersed faculty member.
She will teach a contemporary American woman poets course, host numerous University writing workshops and mentor students while working on her next writing project."[1]
Early life
Guerrero was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.
She received her B.A. from Smith College, where she was an Ada Comstock Scholar,[2] and her M.F.A. from Drew University.[3]
Career
Guerrero is the author of two full collections of poetry.
Her first collection, a chapbook of poetry, Babies Under the Skin (2008), won the Panhandler Publishing Award, chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye.[4] In 2012, Guerrero's manu