Texas Poet laureate reads from new book on campus
Del Mar College is continuing its tradition of hosting a series of poetry readings and open mic nights. The first one of the season took place on Sept. 24 and featured 2008 Texas Poet Laureate Larry D. Thomas. Thomas, who shared excerpts from his new book, “As if Light Actually Matters,” during the event in the White Library, said he didn’t find poetry particularly fascinating until he was in college, at which point he felt he enjoyed it far more than he enjoyed prose. Before he really got into writing poetry, Thomas spent some time in the Navy as a…