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 ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.

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.

For the first time in its history, Massachusetts is going to name a state poet laureate. The appointee will be in charge of ...

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 ...

Applications are open for the WHAM Art Center’s 2025-2026 West Valley Youth Poet Laureate competition, which celebrates young poets and their contributions to the arts. “This marks our third year ...

FRANKFORT — With the Kentucky River as a backdrop, Kentucky poet laureate Silas House and other environmental advocates spoke out last Tuesday against a bill that would limit state regulation of ...