A woman who has taught poetry in Salinas Valley State Prison and Santa Cruz County jails and racked up dozens of prestigious ...

Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday to establish the first-ever Massachusetts poet laureate, according to a statement from the office. Applications have not yet opened for the ...

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet laureate on Jan. 30. While the city’s first poet, Heid Erdrich, served for one ...

DELAWARE- Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou- names we recognize when it comes to African American poets. Local ...

In partnership with Culture Works, the City of Dayton will soon announce its first poet laureate. A media event is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House, where the ...

February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with ...

There's a new poet laureate in town. Nationally acclaimed poet Juan Pablo Mobili is Rockland County's newest ambassador for local literary arts, a role he calls "an honor, and a responsibility." ...

has been appointed as the 2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate, according to an announcement from Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger. Jurkovic is succeeding Kate Hymes of New Paltz, the first to hold ...

the Northampton poet laureate from 2017 to 2019. "Whenever folks are in an extreme situation, even people who don't ordinarily read poetry, go to poetry — for solace or celebration or protest ...

Massachusetts will soon have its first-ever poet laureate. Gov. Maura Healey this week signed an executive order creating the honorary position, which is intended to promote poetry and creative ...

The Greeks had Homer, the Romans had Virgil, and Knoxville has its Poets Laureate. The Arts & Culture Alliance is accepting ...