CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Academy of American Poets has awarded Cincinnati poet Manuel Iris a prestigious national award.

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

The State Library of Louisiana announced that Julie Kane, professor emerita of English at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches was named the winner of the 26th Louisiana Writer Award.

The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive.com. Readers are ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

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

Devreaux Baker, Mendocino County’s first poet laureate, was about 19 years old when she left her home in Texas with her ...

A draconian federal policy enforces a lifetime of punishment by denying Fair Housing protections to individuals convicted of drug distribution.

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 ...

And here’s an interesting tidbit about its poet, Walter Savage Landor: He was passionate about writing in Latin. In fact, he wrote more than 300 poems and essays in the classical language.

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 ...

He now leaves behind a legacy that will help FIU creative writing ... and Patricia Engel MFA ’07 (“Infinite Country”), Alabama poet laureate Ashley M. Jones MFA ’01and former Miami-Dade County poet ...