Back on December 1st
California’s Poet Laureate visited Bakersfield. For those that
don’t know, that’s a position given to someone that does a lot to
represent poetry. In particular, California’s Poet Laureate, Dana
Gioia (JOY-yah), has made it his goal to present poetry in every
California County. Which, given the population of some of our
counties, means he’ll be talking to some pretty empty rooms.
