The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

Peterborough’s new Poet Laureate for 2025 Alex Tyler has described the moment he was crowned as “utterly humbling”.

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of ...

Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

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 JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker announced an open call for poets statewide to apply to be considered as 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 ...

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.

Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi has been named Canada’s 11th parliamentary poet laureate. Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi has been named Canada’s 11th parliamentary poet laureate. Undi, who is also ...