The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

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

Merriweather District’s signature book festival, Books in Bloom, is back for its 9th year, bringing together community with ...

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

On March 22, 1929, the California legislature in a joint resolution names a man who spent his boyhood hunting ducks and geese in Sutter County as California’s second poet laureate.

A Ghanaian-born poet; a chronicler of the Cuban refugee experience; and an experimental artist "writing between genres" are this year's winners.

Katherine E. Schneider, described as a civically engaged poet, will serve a two-year term to promote creative expression and ...

New Hampshire Poet Laureate Jennifer Militello will read a selection of her poems at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Colby-Sawyer College. The public is invited to the free event in the Cleveland Colby ...

Natasha Trethewey, a former U.S. poet laureate, will discuss her memoir, 'House of Being,' on April 3 for the conference. Photo by Jill Norton Preceding the panel is a welcome lunch hosted by the ...