What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty ...

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

And, in 2024, she was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 12 most influential women in the United States ... beautiful ...

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, BA ’71, MA ‘72, a celebrated poet and author, was named Michigan’s third poet laureate. The announcement, made in February by the Michigan Department of Education and the Library ...

LOUIS — A group of Black female poets from St. Louis will lend ... “I was educated by East St. Louis poet laureate Eugene B. Redmon. I witnessed the spoken word expos in St. Louis in the ...

If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Former Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges died on Feb. 11 in Dorchester at the age of 60. Her partner, Tom Laughlin ...

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 ...