Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

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Columnist Rick Magee is searching for his successor as poet laureate of Bethel. 'The small world of poetry is filled with ...

What is poetry about if not community?,” asked Western Slope Poet Laureate Wendy Videlock during a summer solstice poetry ...

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Thursday is Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Across the Northwest, ...

Prior to Comer’s selection, Michigan had only appointed one other state poet laureate: Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) held the title from 1952 until his death in 1959. What does a poet laureate do?

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica’s newly appointed Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes, plans to celebrate and promote the art of poetry throughout the island during his tenure. Custos Rotulorum for ...

Ada Limón has been the United States Poet Laureate since 2022. At the time of her appointment, she’d published six books. She was born on March 28, 1976, in Sonoma, California.

It was a "core memory" and the first time the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States − the first Latina appointed to the role − felt a "deep connection" to nature. Advertisement Advertisement ...

Updated: Sep 19, 2024 / 10:34 PM HST FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The first Latino to be named the United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, is the son of California farm workers.

After serving two terms as California’s Poet Laureate, he became the first Latino United States Poet Laureate in 2015. “And now you’re gonna go all around the United States.