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Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
theGrio via AOL· 9 months agoDove is this year’s winner of the medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, an honor...
How a Tallahassee poet's 'Bird Odyssey' takes wing as Italian screenplay
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen Pulitzer Prize-winner Rita Dove, in a 2018 article for the New York Times Magazine, called...
Ada Limón Named the 24th U. S. Poet Laureate
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday the Library of Congress announced that Ada Limón will become the United States’s 24th poet laureate in the autumn. She joins the ranks of such...
Nikki Giovanni and Haki Madhubuti among recipients of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEleven poets were celebrated as history-making as they joined the remarkable list of recipients of...
Poetry Foundation’s Lilly Prizes make for a memorable night: ‘You hear about it, you dream about it,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor Haki Madhubuti, winning a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation was a total...
LeVar Burton to host National Book Awards, replacing Drew Barrymore
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNEW YORK — LeVar Burton will host next month's National Book Awards ceremony, replacing the original...
Group gives TLC to STEM plaza artwork celebrating roots of Akron's rubber legacy
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHarvon Hamilton was a student at the National Inventors Hall of Fame School for STEM Learning in...
California-born Ada Limón is named the new U.S. poet laureate
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAda Limón, a native of Sonoma, has been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate. (Shawn Miller / Library...
In concert: Two tribute shows to ‘60s rockers and an orchestral reflection on the pandemic
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra "Quiet...
Akron's Black History Month banners honor work of local trailblazers through the years
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAkron is continuing its celebration of Black History Month with a visual tribute fanning out in...