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New poet laureate showcases Fresno communities in his work. He ‘redefines fearlessness’
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoFresno will soon get comfortable – or, maybe not – with its newest poet laureate who...
Knoxville's poet laureate RheaSunshine is wrapping up her term, so we wrote her a poem
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRhea Carmon's time as Knoxville’s poet laureate is coming to an end, but she'll never stop creating...
New Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone follows in the footsteps left by her grandmother
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe new poet laureate of Vermont is following in the footsteps left by her grandmother less than 20...
Poet and Nobel Laureate Louise Glück dies at 80
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLouise Glück, the former US Poet Laureate and 2020 Nobel Prize awardee whose poems considered and revealed truths about love, loss and survival, has died...
Detroit abounds in the work of a local poet who became world famous
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen Langston Hughes visited Detroit in April 1937, he was already at 36 a celebrated American...
New Bedford's poet laureate — one of only 6 in MA — is reshaping how people think of poetry
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW BEDFORD — Poetry is not dead. Sarah Jane Mulvey, driven in her role as New Bedford's poet...
New York Times bestselling author Silas House named next Kentucky poet laureate
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven-time New York Times bestselling author and Eastern Kentucky native Silas House has been named...
Reader disturbed that South Carolina has lingered without a poet laureate since 2020
The State McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoWhere’s our poet? Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the governor to promote poetry...
From Westchester to the White House: The ‘poet of the people’ wins National Humanities Medal
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichard Blanco couldn’t have written a better full circle moment. Ten years ago, the Miami-raised...
This Class of 2024 grad found redirection and a family at College of the Desert
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoAs a child in Lipa City, Batangas in the Philippines, Derick Talay dreamed of having a “complete...