
BibliObservatory is a podcast series that is part of the South Carolina State Library's LibraryVoicesSC podcast. In this episode, Ivette and Caroline interview poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera (Fowler, California), who came to South Carolina for the Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Celebration. He shared some of the stories that he heard when he was a child, family stories that surprised him and filled him with wonder. He also retold some of his favorite childhood experiences. They are memories filled with affection, challenges, sparks and verbal games. Discover in this episode how those stories and experiences took Juanito, a migrant child, toward the path of poetry.