The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

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

San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin has been awarded Yale University’s prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize. The $175,000 literary award aims to provide writers the financial means to focus ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Aside from being Clark County’s current poet laureate, Ashley “Ms. AyeVee” Vargas has represented Las Vegas in the ...

A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and ...

Applications are open for the WHAM Art Center’s 2025-2026 West Valley Youth Poet Laureate competition, which celebrates young poets and their contributions to the arts. “This marks our third year ...

FRANKFORT — With the Kentucky River as a backdrop, Kentucky poet laureate Silas House and other environmental advocates spoke out last Tuesday against a bill that would limit state regulation of ...

Natasha Trethewey, a former U.S. poet laureate, will discuss her memoir, 'House of Being,' on April 3 for the conference. Photo by Jill Norton Preceding the panel is a welcome lunch hosted by the ...

has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z Song," which explores her relationship with her absent father.