Vermont is known for a plethora of outdoor adventures, from hiking the Green Mountains to boating on Lake Champlain. It also offers some of the most charismatic small towns in the U.S. (see: Stowe and ...

Katherine E. Schneider, described as a civically engaged poet, will serve a two-year term to promote creative expression and ...

Austin's first Poet Laureate will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin.

Lincoln wildlife photographer Joel Sartore was recently named Nebraskan of the Year for his contributions to wildlife ...

The idea of memorializing her late partner through mentoring emerging Native artists had become reality, and the moment moved ...

Hometown star: Residents of Needham, where NASA astronaut Sunita Williams was raised, watched as she splashed down to Earth ...

It's an ability and skill often taken for granted. It affects quality of life and has been linked to heart disease and stroke ...

The Huntington Education Department will celebrate the nation’s largest chapter of the Poetry Out Loud National ... executive order creating a poet laureate position in Massachusetts for the ...

Katherine Marks loved drinking Earl Grey tea, mentoring youth and didn’t mind toiling in the sun and soil to plant a garden.

For the first time in its history, Massachusetts is going to name a state poet laureate. The appointee will be in charge of encouraging the appreciation of poetry and creative expression across ...

Writer and trailblazer Felice Picano has died at 81. He wrote fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays and founded one of the U.S.'s first publishers focused LGBT writers.

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