'Is the Black Country near Leeds?' - group hear from local authors
Chase Terrace Ladies Group welcomed Emma Pursehouse and Steve Pottinger to their meeting on Thursday, 13 March at the ...
'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 ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel18d
Milwaukee's new poet laureate has taken art form to thousands of MPS students | Opinion
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.
Santa Barbara Independent4d
Poetry Connection | Get to Know Santa Barbara’s Next Poet Laureate
My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto him on April 22 at City Hall. Before George’s inauguration, ...
Wolverines Wire18d
Milwaukee's new poet laureate has taken art form to thousands of MPS students | Opinion
Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is ...
KVUE10d
Austin names its first-ever official Poet Laureate
AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin named its first-ever poet laureate on Tuesday. Zell Miller III will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin ...
The Big Issue9d
Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
When now-poet laureate Simon Armitage retired from the Probation Service, his dad was “a bit miffed”. “I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue. “He was ...