Austin names its first-ever official Poet Laureate
Austin's first Poet Laureate will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin.
Newark appoints Margie ‘Mia X’ Johnson as city’s first poet laureate
Johnson, an artist, educator, poet and community organizer deeply rooted in Newark, was selected for the role by a 15-member ...
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Zell Miller III Named Austin’s First Poet Laureate
Austin has now joined the ranks of Texas cities who have a designated poet laureate.
S.F.’s Poet Laureate awarded $175,000 as part of prestigious literary prize
San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin has been awarded Yale University’s prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize. The $175,000 literary award aims to provide writers the financial means to focus ...
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BYU professor and former Utah Poet Laureate recognizes the sacred in everyday life
BYU professor of English Lance Larsen has been writing poetry for four decades. His poems are regularly published in leading ...
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Zell Miller III tapped to serve as Austin's inaugural poet laureate
The longtime Central Texas creative with experience in poetry and theater was named to the new position in March.
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SBCC Tribute to Poetry Features First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera In celebration of National Poetry Month and the Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home initiative, Santa ...
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After the fires, looking back at COVID, Altadena writers to gather for library aid
to appoint the first poet laureate of the city. Lennon also successfully persuaded Libby Schaaf, then-mayor of Oakland, to ...