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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...
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...
Greenville's First Youth Poet Laureate, Anna Castro Spratt, uses her writing for advocacy
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf Riverside High School sophomore Anna Castro Spratt could trade places with one writer for the...
Tacoma’s newest poet laureate: ‘What story do I have the moral responsibility to tell?’
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 1 year agoChristian Paige is a poet. That’s not something the native Tacoman would have admitted as a...
Detroit's new poet laureate, Jessica Care Moore, vows to celebrate, promote hometown
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMayor Mike Duggan on Tuesday announced the city's new poet laureate, who will be responsible for...
Charleston poet laureate Marcus Amaker’s tenure ending
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoThe City of Charleston’s first poet laureate is nearing the end of his appointment. Marcus Amaker,...
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on ‘personal’ poem for the Queen
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoPoet Laureate Simon Armitage has said he used the Queen’s name in his tribute piece to her because...
Detroit abounds in the work of a local poet who became world famous
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoWhen Langston Hughes visited Detroit in April 1937, he was already at 36 a celebrated American...
Diannely Antigua, Portsmouth poet laureate, says her trauma brings power to her writing
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPORTSMOUTH — The first of many journals Diannely Antigua has written in throughout her life was a...
Weeks after father's death, Brockton's youth poet laureate inducted at emotional ceremony
The Enterprise via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBROCKTON — Two weeks before her induction ceremony as Brockton's first-ever youth poet laureate,...