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 ...

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

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. advertisement. Springfield News-Leader.

Ada Limón, 24th poet laureate of the United States, visited the University of Illinois on Thursday to read some of her work at the Spurlock Museum. Limón was appointed the title of poet laureate in ...

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 ...

Illinois filled the state's poet laureate position in 2020 after it had been vacant since 2017. Award-winning poet Angela Jackson was selected to take on the role, the fifth person to do so.

New Poet Laureate. The new Illinois Poet Laureate is an author, lecturer and writer-in-residence at DePaul University. Mark Turcotte’s work has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Saying he feels like the player who replaced Michael Jordan on the Chicago Bulls, Kevin Stein took over Thursday as the first Illinois poet laureate since the ...

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 ...