Massachusetts announces its first state poet laureate position
The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...
Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley uses words to inspire, heal, and empower
As we celebrate Black History Month, we shine a light on individuals like Shelly Conley—a poet, performer, author, and youth ...
Brown professor Kwame Dawes to serve as poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.
Minnesota Daily19h
Minneapolis picks new Poet Laureate
Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...
Milwaukee Public Library's Poet Laureate
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New Hampshire Public Radio3d
At long last a poet laureate will bring verse to people of Massachusetts
A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of ...
Dayton Daily News6d
Dayton will announce its first poet laureate this week
A poet laureate is a person appointed by a government who will compose poems presented at special occasions and events. “The City of Dayton’s poet laureate will serve a two-ye ...
The Sun Chronicle5d
Along the Way: Coming soon -- a state poet laureate
Massachusetts will soon have its first-ever poet laureate. Gov. Maura Healey this week signed an executive order creating the ...
Boston.com3d
Massachusetts announces its first state poet laureate position
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 ...
Gloucester Daily Times2d
Seaport seeks poet laureate
The 20th-century poet William Carlos Willams wrote in his poem “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower:" “It is difficult/to get the ...
Governor Healey creates Massachusetts poet laureate role
Prior to the announcement, Massachusetts was one of just three states, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, without a poet ...
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Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...