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New Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone follows in the footsteps left by her grandmother
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe new poet laureate of Vermont is following in the footsteps left by her grandmother less than 20...
Fresno yields rich soil for a diversity of authors. Here are five and their top book picks
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoThe Central Valley is a fertile land for creativity. The region has produced a crop of widely...
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...
Poetry festival to be held in Gainesville this week
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoNational Poetry Month will be celebrated in Alachua County with a four-day poetry festival featuring local and national poets. ARTSPEAKSgnv will host the...
Introducing Poetry from Daily Life, a new weekly feature from Missouri's poet laureate
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate, I asked News-Leader Editor-in-Chief Amos Bridges what he thought...
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...
Ada Limón is named the 24th poet laureate of the U.S.
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoAward-winning poet Ada Limón is making history: The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that it...
Don't want Poetry Month to end? Plenty of chances to share the written word in Springfield
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs National Poetry Month comes to an end, this does not mean that poetic activities in our community...
20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more...
Prelim round for Mass Poetry’s Teen Spoken Word Festival to be held at White Room
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoEvery April, Worcester hosts an impressive slate of National Poetry Month events looking back on the...
