Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday to establish the first-ever Massachusetts poet laureate, according to a statement from the office. Applications have not yet opened for the ...

the Northampton poet laureate from 2017 to 2019. "Whenever folks are in an extreme situation, even people who don't ordinarily read poetry, go to poetry — for solace or celebration or protest ...

Massachusetts will soon have its first-ever poet laureate. Gov. Maura Healey this week signed an executive order creating the honorary position, which is intended to promote poetry and creative ...

In partnership with Culture Works, the City of Dayton will soon announce its first poet laureate. A media event is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House, where the ...

Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday to establish a poet laureate of Massachusetts. Applications for the position are not yet open, but the eventual appointee will be responsible ...

For the City of Orlando’s Poet Laureate, Shawn Welcome, he’s using spoken word to inspire and lift up the Central Florida community. He’s no stranger to performing in front of huge crowds.

Maura Healey on Monday signed an executive order creating a position of poet laureate in Massachusetts for the first time. "Poets and poetry have had a profound role in our state's history ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Healey signed an executive order on Monday creating Massachusett’s first poet laureate role in history. Poet laureate is an honorary position, typically given to the ...

PROVIDENCE — Kwame Dawes, a Brown University literary arts professor, has been named poet laureate of Jamaica. As part of his role, Dawes will be charged with “stimulating a greater ...

The City of Newark is accepting applications for its inaugural Poet Laureate position, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced. The Poet Laureate will serve a two-year term starting this year with the goal ...

The city of San Diego Thursday named its newest poet laureate, Paola Capó-García, a North Park resident originally from Puerto Rico. Capó-García succeeds Jason Magabo Perez in the two-year ...

Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi has been named Canada’s 11th parliamentary poet laureate. Undi, who is also a lawyer at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, served as Winnipeg’s third poet laureate in ...