Pressure for Wellbrock came from the media, friends, family, himself. His training group in Magdeburg in Germany was “really strong” and “everybody’s talking about medals, about gold medals especially ...

Despite July’s persistent heat and humidity, poetry enthusiasts gathered under the shade of a few linden trees on the ...

When our Poet Laureate Chris Tse had his term extended, he embraced it as a gift of extra time, something all writers welcome. His tenure is just about to end with a final event at Word Christchurch, ...

The late Poet Laureate of Kentucky, Jesse Hilton Stuart, published 2,000 poems, 460 short stories, and more than 60 books.

Chicago hip-hop star Chance the Rapper is releasing a new album. Why it matters: The Grammy Award-winning artist has grown to become the city's unofficial poet laureate and his generation's Studs ...

Today in History for Aug. 16: In 1750, 300 German settlers arrived at Lunenburg, N.S. In 1784, New Brunswick was established as a separate colony from Nova Scotia with a nominated council and elected ...

Birmingham’s poet laureate, Salaam Green, is a recipient of the prestigious Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship ...