Famous birthdays for March 26: Keira Knightley, Martin Short
March 25 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. is previewing "Final Destination Bloodlines," a horror film starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana as ...
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Poetry Connection | Get to know Santa Barbara’s Next Poet Laureate
There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...
'Push the boundaries': Literacy advocate Zell Miller III is Austin's first poet laureate
For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...
Patti Smith’s Horses at 50: How a reluctant musician made a punk-rock classic
Patti Smith’s groundbreaking debut has influenced generations of musicians. But it took a producer four years to persuade ...
S.F.’s Poet Laureate awarded $175,000 as part of prestigious literary prize
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 ...
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BYU professor and former Utah Poet Laureate recognizes the sacred in everyday life
BYU professor of English Lance Larsen has been writing poetry for four decades. His poems are regularly published in leading ...
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This date in history: 1929, A Sutter County duck hunter is state’s poet laureate
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.
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Happy 53rd Birthday To Producer Extraordinaire Large Professor!
Hip-hop has been shaped by many influential figures, but few have had the lasting impact of Large Professor. Born William Paul Mitchell on March 21, 1972, the legendary rapper, producer, and DJ helped ...