"The night was buzzing with love—love for our adored Patti Smith who changed the course my life with her music," said Susanna Hoffs.

Pro-democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (1997-present) – Pakistani activist for female education Impact: Youngest Nobel Prize laureate, global advocate for girls’ ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The State Library of Louisiana announced that Julie Kane, professor emerita of English at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches was named the winner of the 26th Louisiana Writer Award.

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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 ...