Hancock Celebrates National Poetry Month
MARCH 24, 2025-- April is National Poetry Month, and Allan Hancock College is hosting a diverse series of events celebrating the art of poetry in late March and April at its Santa Maria campus.
These events, which range from student readings to visits from prominent poets, are free and open to Hancock students, staff, faculty and members of the public.
Harvest Literary Journal Reading- March 27
Students will read from their work published in the college’s literary journal, Harvest, on March 27 at 6 p.m. in the Mechanics Bank Student Center (bldg. G) at the Santa Maria campus. Harvest is an annual publication and is a joint project between Hancock students and the college’s English 107 and 108 sections. Free copies will be available at the event while supplies last.
Dr. Kate Adams Poetry Symposium- April 2
The Friends of the Allan Hancock College Library will host the second annual Dr. Kate Adams Poetry Symposium on April 2 at 2 p.m. on the patio of the AHC Library (bldg. L) at the Santa Maria campus. This year’s symposium, held in honor of the late Dr. Adams, will feature a reading by Solange Aguilar (They/Ze), an award-winning queer Mescalero Apache, Yo'eme and Filipinx (Kalinga/Kapampangan) multimedia artist, poet and zine maker from Santa Barbara. Aguilar’s work has been featured at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara and in Harvard Library's zine collection.
Lee Herrick Reading/Q&A- April 23
Hancock will welcome California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick for a live reading and Q&A session on April 23 at 2 p.m. on the patio of the AHC Library (bldg. L) at the Santa Maria campus. Herrick, of Fresno, is the author of four books of poems: In Praise of Late Wonder: New and Selected Poems; Scar and Flower, a finalist for the 2020 Northern California Book Award; Gardening Secrets of the Dead; and This Many Miles from Desire. He is the tenth California Poet Laureate, and the first Asian American to serve in the role.
You can learn more about these and other events at Hancock by visiting the college’s event calendar at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/calendar.
