Rockland County, N.Y.'s new poet laureate Juan Pablo Mobili: "Poetry can remind us of shared humanity"
"Poetry can remind us of our shared humanity" Rockland's population is 20% foreign-born. Mobili, who is from Argentina and ...
Newark launches search for city’s first Poet Laureate to promote literary arts
The City of Newark is accepting applications for its inaugural Poet Laureate position, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced. The ...
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LA native and former poet laureate Amanda Gorman pens touching poem for hometown
Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States’ first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem “The Hill We Climb,” took to social media Saturday to express her condolences for ...
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Poet Rita Dove honors Beethoven’s friend, Black violinist George Bridgetower
Dove had stumbled upon George Augustus Bridgetower, a mixed-race violinist who had 15 minutes of fame and then was written out of history. In 2009, after extensive research and exploration, Dove ...
SC still doesn't have a poet laureate. Georgetown County just appointed its own.
Marlanda Dekine, a Plantersville community native and an accomplished poet, has been selected as the Georgetown County ...
Newark Starts Search For Its First-Ever Poet Laureate
The City of Newark has just announced that it is accepting applications for its inaugural Poet Laureate for a 2-year term ...
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Poet wanted: Newark now accepting applications for its first-ever poet laureate
The City of Newark has launched its inaugural Poet Laureate program, Mayor Ras Baraka announced on Tuesday.
Sudbury's poet laureate named a newsmaker of the year by francophone publication
Sudbury’s poet laureate, Alex Tétrault, was recently named one of 10 newsmakers of the year by Franco Presse, a publication ...
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Milwaukee’s youth poet laureate is helping up-and-coming poets grow
Aleena Ahmed, a Bengali American poet and a junior at Nicolet High School, was selected as the youth poet laureate last ...
Amanda Gorman dedicates poem to LA wildfire victims, first responders
Gorman, the first US youth national poet laureate, released a poem on social media on Sunday about the devastating wildfires ...
Boston’s poet laureate opens ‘first of its kind’ independent bookstore in Dorchester
People do rest as a political act, but I’m arguing for leisure and fun and joy as a kind of political act,’ says bookshop ...
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‘Freedom inside your mind’: Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin shares poetry in prisons
As Louisiana Poet Laureate, Alison Pelegrin, writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, is Louisiana’s acting ...