Joseph Rios sums up Fresno by quoting a poem, which seems right for a guy who is himself an award-winning writer and the city’s former poet laureate. The quote, from Sesshu Foster’s “Postcard Fresno,” is the tag line and central theme for an essay Rios had published this week at Zócalo Public Square.
“Here I am in the capital of poets, here I am in Fresno.”
Zócalo Public Square is a literary-minded non-profit journalism outlet, that, as the name suggests, seeks to engage the public conversation. The Los Angles-based organization does this “in partnership with cultural institutions, public agencies, and community organizations to develop, curate, and produce high-quality public programs, editorial work, and multi-year series.”…