'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 ...
Austin names its first-ever official Poet Laureate
Austin's first Poet Laureate will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin.
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BYU professor and former Utah Poet Laureate recognizes the sacred in everyday life
BYU professor of English Lance Larsen has been writing poetry for four decades. His poems are regularly published in leading ...
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SBCC Tribute to Poetry Features First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera In celebration of National Poetry Month and the Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home initiative, Santa ...
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Zell Miller III Named Austin’s First Poet Laureate
Austin has now joined the ranks of Texas cities who have a designated poet laureate.
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Zell Miller III tapped to serve as Austin's inaugural poet laureate
The longtime Central Texas creative with experience in poetry and theater was named to the new position in March.
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Tom Sexton, former state Poet Laureate, is remembered for his ‘unbelievable’ influence teaching Alaska writers
As an English and creative writing professor at UAA for nearly 25 years, Sexton spurred young writers to chase opportunity ...
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Iowa Poet Laureate Vince Gotera reads to IVH residents and staff
A U.S Army veteran who had his first poem published at age six was on hand Tuesday afternoon to read from his published works ...
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Austin names its first-ever official Poet Laureate
AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin named its first-ever poet laureate on Tuesday. Zell Miller III will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin ...
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COLUMN: Masaki Takahashi is doing something different
Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between ...
S.F.’s Poet Laureate awarded $175,000 as part of prestigious literary prize
San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin has been awarded Yale University’s prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize. The $175,000 literary award aims to provide writers the financial means to focus ...