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Sehba Sarwar and Lester Graves Lennon (Photos – Altadena Library)

Lester Graves Lennon is the Altadena Poet Laureate Editor, and Sehba Sarwar is the Altadena Poet Laureate for Community Events.

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Lester Graves Lennon, poetry editor of Rosebud magazine and two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, is the Altadena Poet Laureate Editor, and Sehba Sarwar – writer, poet, artist, teacher and social activist – is the Altadena Poet Laureate for Community Events for 2024. Term 2026. The announcement was made by outgoing poets Peter J. Harris and Carla R. Sameth at the Ode to the Land event at Zorthian Ranch on April 7.

Lester Graves Lennon is an investment banker in public finance. His first collection of poetry, “The Ascending Curve of Earth and Heaven” (2001), can be found in 70 public and university libraries. His second collection of poetry, “My Father Was a Poet,” was published in 2013, and his third, “Lynchings: Postcards from America,” was published in 2022.

Sehba Sarwar creates texts and artworks that address issues of displacement, migration and women. The second edition of his novel, “Black Wings,” was released in 2019 (Veliz Books). Her essays and poems have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Creative Time Reports, Asia: Magazine of Asian Literature, Callaloo, Los Angeles Times and elsewhere.

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