Darryl Wellington

3 weeks ago | sourcenm.com | Darryl Wellington |Julia Goldberg

In early April, state humanities councils in all 50 states received a letter from the infamous DOGE. It read “Your grant no longer effectuates the agency’s needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination” It meant  — simply put — their funding was axed. Many councils had probably foreseen this coming, given prior moves that undermined integrity at the Kennedy Center and the National Endowment of the Arts. Councils have been in a tailspin since.

3 weeks ago | sourcenm.com | Darryl Wellington

Darryl Lorenzo Wellington was the 20221-2023 Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, and since then he has been publishing magazine articles, and teaching poetry to adults and children, while working on his forthcoming book, The Book of Seasonal Aphorisms.