Sexton retired at UAA in 1994 and was named Alaska’s Poet Laureate in 1995, a role he held until 2000. Even when he wasn’t actively teaching at the university, Sexton still maintained an ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in ... and the first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate — for a day of ...
In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.
It was a night of celebration and literary excellence as the 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Awards honoured the district’s finest poetic talent. With 71 entries across two age categories, this year proved ...
she prints pamphlets of poetry from emerging writers across the UK and was awarded Arts Council Funding in 2024 to continue this work. Scarlett says; "It means the world to me to be entrusted with the ...
New Delhi: It took a poet to stand up to a dictator. In doing so, Habib Jalib became the voice of the Pakistani people. The poet of the masses—‘shayar-e-awaam’. In 1962, Pakistani President Ayub Khan ...