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Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama, recites work at Gadsden State Community College
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAshley M. Jones made history in 2021 when she was named Poet Laureate of Alabama — the first Black...
Alabama poet laureate to speak at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 3—TIFTON — Ashley M. Jones, the poet laureate for the state of Alabama, will be the first of three speakers in the Georgia Poetry Circuit series beginning Nov. 7 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural ...
What's new, what's familiar at the 52nd annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTalking about the Kentuck Festival of the Arts, coming up on its 52nd incarnation Oct. 14-15, can...
Alabama’s First Black Poet Laureate Makes Words Her Weapons in the Fight for Social Change
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNathan Watson for the Bama BuzzThis is an excerpt from the book The Moment: Changemakers on Why and...
Kentuck Festival lineup boasts Grammy-winning singer, Alabama poet laureate
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe 51st annual Kentuck Festival of the Artists will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 15, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 16 in Northport's Kentuck Park. Tickets are $10 per day, or $15 for both days. For ...
Poets academy gives $50,000 grants to local, state laureates
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoState and local poets laureate from Alabama to Hawaii will each receive $50,000 grants from the Academy of American Poets, awards given for “positive contributions to their communities.” The ...
