By Katie Honan

The borough's newest poet laureate is a lifelong resident who has traveled the world as a journalist — but always found her greatest inspiration at home, she said. Maria Lisella was introduced June 9 at Borough Hall as Queens' sixth poet laureate, and was selected from dozens of applicants by a panel made up of writers and scholars from the borough.

She was selected for her accomplishments as a journalist and published poet as well as for her vision of what the position can become, according to Borough President Melinda Katz. "Lisella is an amazing writer who is capable of synthesizing the borough's many cultures and languages into incredible poetry," Katz said.

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