A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of ...

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...

Massachusetts will soon have its first-ever poet laureate. Gov. Maura Healey this week signed an executive order creating the ...

Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

As we celebrate Black History Month, we shine a light on individuals like Shelly Conley—a poet, performer, author, and youth ...

Governor JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker announced an open call for poets statewide to apply to be considered as the ...

A poet laureate is a person appointed by a government who will compose poems presented at special occasions and events. “The City of Dayton’s poet laureate will serve a two-ye ...

Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday to establish the first-ever Massachusetts poet laureate, according to a statement from the office. Applications have not yet opened for the ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African ...

Sierra Leone will serve as the first poet laureate for the City of Dayton, officials announced Friday in a media event at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Visitor Center.