Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest ...

Being chosen as our nation’s first African-American poet laureate was a further challenge. I felt called to speak to the importance of poetry, the humanities and the arts in our lives.

A Wayne State University and University of Michigan professor has been named the state's third-ever poet laureate ... distinguished professor of African American Studies and an adjunct faculty ...

As poet laureate, Dawes “is tasked with stimulating a greater ... his generation who has worked tirelessly to promote the works of African, Caribbean and African American poets across the globe,” ...

Each of these institutions published regular journals showcasing a new generation of African American poets and essayists. On stage, "Shuffle Along" (1921) had a record-breaking run and featured ...

For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people ... are to elevate poetry and literacy," Miller told the American-Statesman on Tuesday. "I will do that through ...

A native of Mississippi, Trethewey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in ... terms as U.S. Poet Laureate. Trethewey’s poetry draws on extensive research and on memories of her own experience as ...

She served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993-1995, the youngest person ever to be elected to that office. As the second African-American Poet Laureate, after Gwendolyn Brooks’ tenure in the ...