Today, we have an interview with Gary Young. Gary is an American poet, printer and book artist. In 2010, he was named the first ever Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County. He has written many collections of poetry and edited two collections which will be the focus of our interview: The Geography of Home: California's Poetry of Place and Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poems and Poetics from California.
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