Latina professor becomes 2015 Texas State Poet Laureate
*Texas’ new poet laureate ia as associae professor of Bicultural-Bilingual studies at UTSA. She’s published more than 20 books of leterature and poetry. VL
By Brayden Boren, The Paisano
Accomplished author and associate professor for the UTSA College of Education and Human Development Carmen Tafolla joins the ranks of UTSA’s greats as she serves as the 2015 Texas State Poet Laureate.
[pullquote]Her works have made their way into high school and university textbooks, newspapers and magazines across the world.[/pullquote]Tafolla was inducted at the Texas State Capitol in Austin May 7 at a special resolution ceremony for the induction of all Texas State Artists. She joined the ranks of Pulitzer Prize winning authors and writers that have merited the title of State Poet Laureate.
Unlike national poet laureates, who receive a $35,000 stipend with the honor, state poet laureates are not paid. Instead, they serve a similar task: to seek to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry and the arts.
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