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

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

BYU professor of English Lance Larsen has been writing poetry for four decades. His poems are regularly published in leading ...

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 ...

Victoria has a new pair of literary ambassadors: Kyeren Regehr and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson have been named the City of Victoria’s new poet laureate and youth poet laureate, respectively.