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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 ...

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.

Poetry will take the centrestage on Friday, March 21, as the world celebrates World Poetry Day (WPD). Declared by the United Nations , ...

Applications are open for the WHAM Art Center’s 2025-2026 West Valley Youth Poet Laureate competition, which celebrates young ...

In Baker’s career, she has learned that writing poetry is a way to connect communities and show people who are struggling that they are not alone.

Poetry enthusiasts won't want to miss the event at 4 p.m. at Southside Gallery, 150 Courthouse Square, moderated by Ole Miss professor, poet and former Mississippi poet laureate Beth Ann Fennelly.

Poetry and peonies Last month, a poetry centre in Leeds – championed by poet laureate Simon Armitage – became the latest prompt for metro-mayoral chit-chat about a “cultural renaissance ...

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is ...

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z ...