Jones, who in 2021 was selected as the youngest and first person of color to serve as Alabama's poet laureate, pointed to that moment as fueling her passion for poetry. "That day, I went home from ...

has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z Song," which explores her relationship with her absent father.

For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...

At the age of 7, Ashley Jones dressed as Harriet Tubman and recited lines of Eloise Greenfield’s poem about the abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad to her second grade class ...

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is ...