'Push the boundaries': Literacy advocate Zell Miller III is Austin's first poet laureate
The first to fill that position, administered by the Austin Public Library for a two-year term, is veteran theater artist and ...
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Norwalk Names Katherine E. Schneider as New Poet Laureate
Schneider as the city’s new Poet Laureate. Schneider will serve a two-year term beginning March 17 and will promote poetry and creative expression throughout the community. As a local resident and ...
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Engaging people with poetry
Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson fell in love with poetry at a tender age, thanks to a poem called "Eletelephony" by Laura Elizabeth Richards, which begins: "Once there was an elephant/Who tried ...
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WHAM hosts youth poet laureate competition
Applications are open for the WHAM Art Center’s 2025-2026 West Valley Youth Poet Laureate competition, which celebrates young poets and their contributions to the arts. “This marks our third year ...
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Celebrate Youth Voices
Boston’s former Poet Laureate and Emerson College professor, who will be a liaison between Emerson College and Mass Poetry. Crystal Valentine, Mass Poetry’s Director of Programming and a former Youth ...
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Kentucky poet laureate leads opposition to water pollution bill
FRANKFORT — With the Kentucky River as a backdrop, Kentucky poet laureate Silas House and other environmental advocates spoke out last Tuesday against a bill that would limit state regulation of ...
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Milwaukee's new poet laureate has taken art form to thousands of MPS students | Opinion
Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z ...