Lester Graves Lennon, Poet Laureate Editor-in-Chief Lester Graves Lennon is the poetry editor for Rosebud magazine and an investment banker whose career in public finance exceeds 40 years. His first book of poetry, The Upward Curve of Earth and Heavens (2001), can be found in 70 public and university libraries including the Los Angeles Public Library, Harvard, Yale, Oxford and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received his B.A. in English. His other poetry collection publications are My Father Was a Poet, was published in 2013. His third poetry book, Lynchings: Postcards from America, was published in 2022. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021 and 2023. Lennon sits on the board of directors of the Community of Writers and is a member of the Friends of the Center for Humanities at the University of Wisconsin.

He is an emeritus member of the Board of Visitors for the English Department at the University of Wisconsin, and a past member of the board of directors for Red Hen Press. He was the primary mover in the creation of the Poet Laureate positions for both the City of Los Angeles and the City of Oakland, California. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles Mayor's Poet Laureate Task Force and has lived with his family in Altadena since 1992.