Locals Lately: Charleston scene highlights from AsiahMae, the city's poet laureate
Charleston poet laureate AsiahMae shares the best meal, performance and exhibit they've enjoyed, including a concert at ...
'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 ...
Mass. on verge of versifying with new poet laureate (The Republican Editorials)
The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the ...
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
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State Opens Applications for Massachusetts' First Poet Laureate
Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Mass Cultural Council and Mass Humanities announced that ...
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Milwaukee's new poet laureate has taken art form to thousands of MPS students | Opinion
What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty ...
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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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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 ...
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Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Poet laureate and former probation officer Simon Armitage has published an ode to probation work – ‘A Life in the Day Of.’ ...
Former Cincinnati Poet Laureate wins national award
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Academy of American Poets has awarded Cincinnati poet Manuel Iris a prestigious national award.
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Norwalk woman is named as the city's new poet laureate: ‘Amplify diverse voices’
NORWALK – Katherine E. Schneider, who has been appointed as Norwalk's new poet laureate, said she looks "forward to ...
Austin names its first-ever official Poet Laureate
Austin's first Poet Laureate will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin.