It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

From activists to entertainers to record-breaking athletes to a postal worker, we are shining a spotlight on the contributions of influential African ... was chosen youth poet laureate of Los ...

In 2017, she became the first winner of the National Youth Poet Laureate award ... me to just process my own emotions and thoughts as an American watching that violence against our democracy ...

The East Rosedale Monument Project creates a history stop, where visitors can learn about the fight to end racial segregation ...

February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with ...

ACU's Dr. Steven Moore presents readings from his soon-to-be released poetry book 'The Horizon never forgets' at the ...

The position comes with a stipend and the ability to apply for the prestigious Academy of American Poet Laureate Fellowship program, a $50,000 award given to honor poets of literary merit. Petrus said ...

The role is unlike any other, it is considered a Civic role, and the laureate acts as an ambassador for the city’s poetry community and the work created in their year can document various events ...

Ashley M. Jones, the Poet Laureate of Alabama, looks forward to sharing her poetry as part of the Hoag Lecture Series at the ...

She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in this pure field, let’s not plant any seed, other than seeds of compassion ...