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 ...

Boston-based writer Porsha Olayiwola is the spring artist-in-residence for Michigan State University’s Womxn of Color ...

Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Academy of American Poets has awarded Cincinnati poet Manuel Iris a prestigious national award.

For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The New Mexico Poet Laureate Program is a partnership between New Mexico Arts and the New Mexico State ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto ...

This story has been updated. Another image has been added. For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did not exist.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Juan Felipe ...

On March 22, 1929, the California legislature in a joint resolution names a man who spent his boyhood hunting ducks and geese in Sutter County as California’s second poet laureate.