The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

Nancy Miller Gomez is the county’s new poet laureate for 2025-26, having officially been announced to the position at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 28 meeting.

Montana's poet laureate doesn't pull punches — on anything. But his unfiltered nature and commitment to appearing in the ...

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...

Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

The North Park resident says she hopes to work with local schools to incorporate more poetry into their curriculums and host ...

It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the ...

As we celebrate Black History Month, we shine a light on individuals like Shelly Conley—a poet, performer, author, and youth ...

Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...