Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet laureate on Jan. 30. While the city’s first poet, Heid Erdrich, served for one ...

The final had 13 competitors, at the Poet Laureate Award ceremony, which was held for the first time at the University Centre Peterborough, on February 5. It was a night full of creativity and it ...

After her reading and discussion, it was time for the photo opp with all of Santa Barbara’s Poets Laureate. She seemed so happy to be surrounded by poets. She gave me a big hug as if she had known me ...

Nellie Bridge of Sequim will serve as Clallam County’s next poet laureate, stepping into the two-year position this April. Bridge currently works with upper elementary school children at Five Acres ...

The 20th-century poet William Carlos Willams wrote in his poem “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower:” “It is difficult/to get the news from poems/yet men die miserably every day/for lack/of what is ...

Collingwood's poet laureate for nearly three years, Jillian Morris, has announced the release of her first book of poetry called "born, genes, and quash." The book is a collection of poems that ...

Just a short list of the luminaries who graced the forum’s stage is staggering to consider: former U.S Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks, novelists Kurt Vonnegut and John Updike, Oscar and Emmy-award ...

The Staffordshire Poet Laureate runs poetry events and encourages more people in Staffordshire to enjoy poetry and creative writing. The Laureate also acts as an ambassador for Staffordshire, ...

Comedian Felipe Esparza met his wife Lesa at a comedy club Charley Gallay/Getty Lesa ODaniel Esparza isn’t just Felipe Esparza’s producing partner — she’s also his wife! The stand-up ...

Jul 2, 2024 / Column / Calvin Trillin ...