United States Poet Laureates | Exhibit

Event details Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026 Time: All day Location: Geisel Library - 2nd Floor Southwest Type: Exhibits Campus area: University Center, Campuswide Audience: Staff and Faculty, Alumni, Parents and Family, Students, Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Cost: Free About this event Explore the works of the U.S. Poet Laureates through selected books and broadsides held in the Archive of New Poetry, a part of UC San Diego Library's Special Collections & Archives. United States Poet Laureates is on view outside of Special Collections & Archives on the 2nd (main) Floor of Geisel Library during the building's open hours through Sunday, December 13, 2026. Image taken from "A Map to the Next World" by 2019-2022 Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Harjo was the first Native American Poet Laureate and centered her term on celebrating indigenous poetry and voices with her project "Living Nations, Living Worlds." Official event details: https://calendar.ucsd.edu/event/united-states-poet-laureates-exhibit-fall26