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Educator and storyteller Eduardo “Eddie” Vega will start his time period April 1. An official ceremony is scheduled for April 15.
The Metropolis of San Antonio has named Educator Eduardo “Eddie” Vega its seventh poet laureate.
Along with serving as an administrator at Holy Cross prep college, Vega is a poet, storyteller and spoken-word artist who’s revealed two full-length poetry collections, Chicharra Refrain and Somos Nopales, in keeping with San Antonio’s Division of Arts and Tradition. He additionally edited Asinia Is How We Discuss, an anthology of Tejano poetry.
A self-described “taco poet,” Vega’s phrases have additionally been displayed on VIA Buses, downtown buildings and on the San Pedro Creek Cultural Park, in keeping with his on-line bio.
“I’m very honored and excited to tackle this accountability of poet laureate for San Antonio — a metropolis that welcomed me three a long time in the past, whose folks have supported me, whose tradition has enriched me, and which continues to be the artistic power behind this poet,” Vega mentioned in a press release.
Vega will start his three-year time period April 1. His appointment ceremony will happen at 6:15 p.m. April 15 inside Metropolis Council Chambers.
Vega replaces earlier poet laureate Nepthali De Leon, who was eliminated 4 months into his time period after publishing a controversial tribute to late Mexican-American author Roberto Cintli Rodriguez. The piece featured language some interpreted as racial slurs.
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