In honor of the city's bicentennial, Jacksonville poet laureate Andy Mitchell is writing a series of poems centered on the ...

Livermore’s first poet laureate, Connie Post, recently received a Legacy Book Award from the online American Book Fest for her 2012 chapbook, “And When the Sun Drops,” about her autistic ...

She will be installed as the 4 th Poet Laureate of St. Louis City on Monday June, 2 at 6 p.m. at the City Hall Rotunda. ... Illinois, where she recited speeches for Christmas and Easter.

Mark Turcotte, the newly named poet laureate of Illinois, arrived in Chicago by accident. In 1992, Turcotte’s estranged father died in North Dakota.

As of Tuesday, the new Illinois Poet Laureate is named Mark Turcotte and this is a portion of one of his poems, the beginning stanza of “Flies Buzzing.” As a child I danced. to the heartful ...

As of Tuesday, the new Illinois Poet Laureate is named Mark Turcotte and this is a portion of one of his poems, the beginning stanza of “Flies Buzzing.” As a child I danced to the heartful ...

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - The City of Urbana and the Urbana Arts & Culture Program announced the fifth Poet Laureate in City of Urbana history, ... IL 62521 Phone: 217-424-2500 Email: [email protected].

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get in the way of meaning. Click here for important updates to our ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A decade ago this month, Kevin Stein was chosen for a daunting task: following two Pulitzer Prize winners, Gwendolyn Brooks and Carl Sandburg, as the poet laureate ...