Lara Gularte

Lara Gularte is a California poet based in the Sierra foothills whose work explores family history, Azorean and Portuguese-American heritage, identity, and the natural world. Her first poetry collection, Kissing the Bee, was published by Bitter Oleander Press in 2017. Her later book, Soul of Black Stone, came out from Bruma Publications. She has served as Poet Laureate Emerita of El Dorado County and works as an assistant editor for Narrative Magazine. She also teaches creative writing in arts-in-corrections programs and leads community workshops.