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Juan Felipe Herrera, United States poet laureate, reads one of his poems before the California State Senate, Monday, July 6, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif.
Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 | 2:53 p.m.
The silent majesty of Mount Charleston. The buzz of slot machines. Wayne Newton’s house. The sights and sounds of Las Vegas can move one to poetry.
So when he arrives on Saturday, United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will have much to be inspired by.
Herrera, believed to be the first incumbent PLOTUS to visit Las Vegas, will give a free reading at Nevada State College in Henderson at 7 p.m. Saturday, at the invitation of Clark County Poet Laureate Bruce Isaacson.
The reading coincides with the opening of a 250-seat theater at the campus, where the reading will take place.
Upon his arrival, Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow will present a key to the Las Vegas Strip to Herrera, the first Latino poet laureate. Saturday will be declared “Juan Felipe Herrera Day.”
Herrera has written 28 books of poetry, including “Half the World in Light” and “187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border.” The Library of Congress named him poet laureate in June. From 2012 to 2014, he was the poet laureate of California.
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