Ohio Poet Laureate: Dave Lucas of Cleveland Heights

Dave Lucas

Ohio has a new poet laureate: Dave Lucas of Cleveland Heights has been named Ohio’s poet laureate.
Lucas is Ohio’s second-ever poet laureate, succeeding Amit Majmudar, a Cleveland native and nuclear radiologist in the Columbus area. 
Congrats to Dave Lucas!

Links:

• Governor Names Dave Lucas Ohio's New Poet Laureate
• Dave Lucas Becomes Ohio’s Poet Laureate
• Cleveland's Dave Lucas Named Ohio Poet Laureate
• 5 questions with… Dave Lucas, Ohio’s new poet laureate and CWRU English lecturer

“So often, our encounters with poetry can feel intimidating, exclusive and like there’s so much we don’t ‘get’. I want to help de-mystify poetry—it’s so much more than what we’re told we have to read in middle school.”