Kiya Vance is Corpus Christi's poet laureate. He is the sixth person and the first Black person to hold the title.

Wakefield Brewster believes the art of poetry is a complicated and vulnerable act. Still, through years of hard work, ...

Santa Fe’s sixth poet laureate Darryl Lorenzo Wellington confronts ... Just noticing what is very similar about arguments made by the huge black population in The South and discussions going ...

"When We Speak" is an ode to Black womxn who have boldly harnessed their voices, art, and labor to dismantle oppressive ...

Acclaimed poet and Detroit’s first official Poet Laureate in over two decades, Jessica Care Moore, will deliver her inaugural ...

My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto him on April 22 at City Hall. Before George’s inauguration, ...

Iris, born in 1983, has an impressive literary and educational background. He served as Poet Laureate of Cincinnati and has been Writer-in-Residence at both the Cincinnati and Hamilton County ...

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, BA ’71, MA ‘72, a celebrated poet and author, was named Michigan’s third poet laureate. The announcement, made in February by the Michigan Department of Education and the Library ...