The City of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department invites community members to a public reception and reading for the City’s new Poet Laureate, Tommy Archuleta, on Saturday, February 24, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Community Gallery at 201 West Marcy Street. 

Archuleta will read from his work and meet and greet with attendees. Refreshments will be provided and admission is free.  

More About the Poet Laureate 

Archuleta is a native northern New Mexican. Susto, his full-length debut collection of poems, published by the University Press of Colorado, is a 2023 Mountain/West Poetry Series title. He is also the author of the chapbook, Fieldnotes (Lily Poetry Review & Books, 2023). Most recently his work has appeared in the New England Review, Laurel Review, Lily Poetry Review, The Cortland Review, Guesthouse, and the "Poem-a-Day" series sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Born and raised in Santa Fe, he works as a mental health therapist for the New Mexico Corrections Department in Santa Fe County, and lives and writes in the Cochiti Pueblo.