San Antonio’s First Poet Laureate March 28, 2012: Carmen Tafolla, poet and co-founder of CantoMundo, has been named the first Poet Laureate of San Antonio. From a post on the Letras Latinas blog: On April 3, 2012, San Antonio will become the first major city in Texas to appoint a Poet Laureate. Mayor Julián Castro will formally announce nationally renowned author and poet Carmen [...] by Harriet Staff