Kathleen Herrmann
About
Kathleen Herrmann is an American poet. She serves concurrently with Jacalyn Eyvonne as poet laureate of Vallejo, California. Herrmann performed for the Vallejo Poetry Festival, Napa Valley Writers Club, Alameda Island Poets, the American Association of University Women, Benicia First Tuesday Poets, Poetry by the Bay, and KZCT. Since being appointed a poet laureate, Herrmann has performed at the Mad Hatter Holiday Festival and a Martin Luther King Day event. Like their predecessors, Herrmann and Eyvonne host the Poetry in Notion poetry circle at the John F. Kennedy Library in Vallejo. Founded in 2015 by Genea Brice Poetry in Notion's in-person meetings were cancelled in 2020 due to restrictions on public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The co-poets laureate plan to create a youth anthology in cooperation with the Vallejo Unified School District. Herrmann's poetry has been published in anthologies in Africa, Australia, and North America, and in the Benicia Herald newspaper. She has received awards in poetry from the Solano County Fair and Ina Coolbrith Poetry Circle. Herrmann is also a musician and a retired teacher with an M.A. in Teaching Leadership from St. Mary's College of California.
