Massachusetts announces its first state poet laureate position
The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...
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Minneapolis picks new Poet Laureate
Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...
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At long last a poet laureate will bring verse to people of Massachusetts
A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of ...
Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley uses words to inspire, heal, and empower
As we celebrate Black History Month, we shine a light on individuals like Shelly Conley—a poet, performer, author, and youth ...
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Seaport seeks poet laureate
The 20th-century poet William Carlos Willams wrote in his poem “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower:" “It is difficult/to get the ...
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City In Search of Poet Laureate
The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts is in search of a Poet Laureate to promote an appreciation of poetry as an art form, promote creative writing and reading of literature, and promote ...
Governor Healey creates Massachusetts poet laureate role
Prior to the announcement, Massachusetts was one of just three states, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, without a poet ...
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Orlando’s Poet Laureate to host spoken word workshops with local high school students
For the City of Orlando’s Poet Laureate, Shawn Welcome, he’s using spoken word to inspire and lift up the Central Florida community. He’s no stranger to performing in front of huge crowds.
Brown professor Kwame Dawes to serve as poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.