S1 Ep 10: Lee Herrick (Institutions, JFK, & Social Justice)

The Lit Fantastic Podcast

Lee Herrick is the author of Gardening Secrets of the Dead (WordTech Editions, 2012) and This Many Miles from Desire (WordTech Editions, 2007) and a Fresno Poet Laureate emeritus (2017-2017). His poems have been published widely in literary magazines and anthologies.​ He is the founding editor of In the Grove and has guest edited various projects, including The Rio Grande Review and New Truths: Writing in the 21st Century by Korean Adoptees. He served for seven years on the Board of Directors of the English Council of California Two-Year Colleges and currently serves on the leadership team of The Adoption Museum Project. Lee has traveled throughout Latin America and Asia, and he has given readings throughout the United States. He was born in Daejeon, South Korea, adopted at ten months old, and raised in the East Bay and later, Central California. He lives with his daughter and wife in Fresno, California. He teaches at Fresno City College and in the low-residency MFA Program at Sierra Nevada College. https://www.leeherrick.com --- Host - Neil Aiken Producer - Jenna Yokoyama Music “Open Door” by Little Glass Men “Waxing and Waning” by Robin Crutchfield