The Arts Council for Monterey County annually selects one adult Poet Laureate to carry the title through one year. Since 2023, the council has…
Monterey County’s poet laureate Rachelle Escamilla.
Poet Rachelle Escamilla is a person who makes things happen. In 2018, she was a visiting scholar at the Library of Congress, among countless p…
Rachelle Escamilla became Poet Laureate of Monterey County in January 2024, but she has been a poet much of her life. The list of programs she…
John Quincy Adams famously started his days by swimming nude in the Potomac River. Georgia O’Keefe would wake up at 6am, light a fire or a can…