Victoria has a new pair of literary ambassadors: Kyeren Regehr and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson have been named the City of Victoria’s new poet laureate and youth poet laureate, respectively.

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 ...

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, ...

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate ... rivaled major cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

When now-poet laureate Simon Armitage retired from the Probation Service, his dad was “a bit miffed”. “I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue. “He was ...

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 ...

If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Former Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges died on Feb. 11 in Dorchester at the age of 60. Her partner, Tom Laughlin ...

and the first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate — for a day of inspiration, creativity and cultural reflection. The free event, om Wednesday, April 2 at SBCC’s Garvin Theatre, will feature a poetry ...

Jones, who in 2021 was selected as the youngest and first person of color to serve as Alabama's poet laureate, pointed to that moment as fueling her passion for poetry. "That day, I went home from ...

Sexton retired at UAA in 1994 and was named Alaska’s Poet Laureate in 1995 ... did a substantial amount of writing about his home and youth in Lowell. In total, he published more than 12 ...

The program is availble for those in grades 5 through 8th. Beat The Streets Chicago is a city-based youth development nonprofit that uses wrestling as a vehicle to build character and change the ...