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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 ...
'Changing the world': Poet Amanda Gorman on new children's book
It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.
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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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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 ...
Turning a new leaf: Poet laureate resigns
Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, ...
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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Young Ellensburg writer named inaugural Inland Poetry Laureate
When he was 13, David Coppin Lanegan’s uncle sent him two books of poems by Rumi and Shamz Tabriz.
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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 ...