Juan Felipe Herrera: Farm worker’s son to first Latino United States Poet Laureate
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The first Latino to be named the United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, is the son of ...
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Gene Wolfe’s Nouns, the Right Whale’s Song, and the New Poet Laureate of the United States
I’ve finished the final lectures on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. The final two treat friendship and action. Friendship according to Aristotle is the “most necessary” virtue. I won’t ...
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Poetry in Place
Around two years ago, Ada Limón started brainstorming possibilities for a signature project to mark her tenure as the 24th poet laureate of the United States. “It began with me having very outlandish ...
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'More than lines on a page': Chapel Hill welcomes Donovan Livingston as Poet Laureate
People can use hip-hop as a form of expression that allows us to build communities across our differences, brings people ...
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How childhood in Argentina shaped the work of Rockland's new poet laureate
The Arts Council of Rockland and County Executive Ed Day have appointed Argentine-American poet Juan Pablo Mobili as its newest poet laureate.
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Poet Rita Dove honors Beethoven’s friend, Black violinist George Bridgetower
It began as a mystery. Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate of the United States Rita Dove was having a quiet evening at home watching television with her husband when they noticed ...
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Maine’s poet laureate shares living out her childhood dream and the power of words
Julia Bouwsma, who will release her third poetry collection this year, spoke about the role Maine plays in her poetry, and ...