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          Laurie Ann Guerrero has written her own manifestos, declarations of principle and poetics, telling us what it means to be an artist in a community under attack.

          Born and raised in Southside San Antonio, Laurie Ann Guerrero '08 writes poetry that is both universal and local, returning us always to the many vitalities.!

          Laurie Ann Guerrero

          American poet

          Laurie Ann Guerrero is a Chicanapoet from San Antonio, Texas.

          She was the poet laureate of San Antonio from 2014 to 2016 and the Poet Laureate of Texas from 2016 to 2017. In the fall semester of 2017, she became the first writer-in-residence at Texas A&M University San Antonio and a "fully immersed faculty member.

          Poet Laureate of the city of San Antonio () and the state of Texas (), Guerrero holds degrees from Smith College and Drew University.

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        3. Laurie Ann Guerrero is an award-winning Chicana poet, a former San Antonio Laureate and the Poet Laureate of Texas.
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          5. She will teach a contemporary American woman poets course, host numerous University writing workshops and mentor students while working on her next writing project."[1]

          Early life

          Guerrero was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.

          She received her B.A. from Smith College, where she was an Ada Comstock Scholar,[2] and her M.F.A. from Drew University.[3]

          Career

          Guerrero is the author of two full collections of poetry.

          Her first collection, a chapbook of poetry, Babies Under the Skin (2008), won the Panhandler Publishing Award, chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye.[4] In 2012, Guerrero's manu