Former Cincinnati poet Laureate wins national award
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Academy of American Poets has awarded Cincinnati poet Manuel Iris a prestigious national award.
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'Push the boundaries': Literacy advocate Zell Miller III is Austin's first poet laureate
For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did not exist. The first to fill that position, administered by the Austin ...
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Milwaukee's new poet laureate has taken art form to thousands of MPS students | Opinion
Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is ...
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Poetry Connection | Get to Know Santa Barbara’s Next Poet Laureate
My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto him on April 22 at City Hall. Before George’s inauguration, ...
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Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
When now-poet laureate Simon Armitage retired from the Probation Service, his dad was “a bit miffed”. “I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue. “He was ...
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Milwaukee's new poet laureate has taken art form to thousands of MPS students | Opinion
has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z Song," which explores her relationship with her absent father.
Former NSU professor & Louisiana Poet Laureate wins 26th Louisiana Writer Award
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.