San Antonio’s new poet laureate Nephtali De León maintains an activist voice in his writing and his work with the community.
, just days before the citywide shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and served through a tumultuous period that included the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and subsequent nationwide Black Lives Matter protests.
“When you are a poet laureate, your duty is to survey where there are voids, where there are disparities, where there’s marginalization, and try to figure out how can you speak to it all,” she said.to speak to San Antonio’s past and future, given his long experience as a pioneer of Chicano literature and as a keen observer of humanity.
Cantú is aware that many younger people aren’t so keen on the term, preferring more current identifiers such as Latinx or Latine that are more inclusive of the Latin American diaspora. “He’s the perfect choice, because he does represent the people and he’ll make poetry relevant to the people,” Cantú said.
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