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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San Diego Poet Laureate Paola Capó-García says poetry is a 'thriving thing'
San Diego has named Paola Capó-García as its third Poet Laureate since the program began in 2020. A former journalist and ...
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Gov. Pritzker and First Lady Pritzker Announce Open Applications for Next Illinois Poet Laureate
Governor JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker announced an open call for poets statewide to apply to be considered as the ...
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.
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Sierra Leone chosen as Dayton’s first poet laureate, officials announce
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.
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Seattle Reads + KUOW Book Club: Celebrating National Poetry Month with local voices
In partnership with SPL, the KUOW Book Club will read "You Are Here" in April, which is National Poetry Month.
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Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...