Erik Manuel Soto named Vallejo’s next poet laureate

Erik Manuel Soto named Vallejo’s next poet laureate

VALLEJO — Mexican-American writer Erik Manuel Soto has been named Vallejo’s next poet laureate, the Vallejo Center for the Arts announced last week. Soto’s poems have appeared in Volt, Huizache, Sonora Review, Antiphony, and other magazines and publications. His first poetry book, Inside the Umber Iris, which explores themes of subconscious realms, mythology, and generational trauma, won the inaugural Gronk Nicandro first book prize for poetry.S…