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Slam Connection, founded by Williamsburg poet laureate LaCroy Nixon, saw success at both the Virginia Team Poetry Slam ...

Lit Youngstown moves its First Wednesday Reader Series to the second Wednesday for July. This month’s featured readers are Dianne ...

The Independence Day Community Service starts at 10 a.m. Friday, July 4 at Grace Cathedral, 701 SW 8th Ave. An ice cream ...

Jaiden Dokken, former Clallam County poet laureate and grand marshal of the 2025 Sequim Pride Parade, addresses the audience ...

The Ripon City Council recently gave the go-ahead for staff to administer the second installment of the Poet Laureate grant money to the Ripon Arts League.

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC World Service's archive and chooses In the Studio: Dana Gioia: Poet Laureate of California. Dana Gioia is a man with a mission: to take poetry to the whole state, reading ...

Kansas poet laureate Traci Brimhall is offering poetic sustenance to Kansas and beyond. Brimhall, two years into her term, is busy, and her appointment has seen an outpouring of support and excitement ...

Derek Sheffield sat down with The Seattle Times to talk about the role of poet laureate, his love of language and what he’s ...

Writer and musician David Romtvedt, a former Wyoming state poet laureate who also worked in Centrum’s folk arts program for many years, is returning to Port Townsend this week.

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

Oxfordshire County Council is inviting people to give their thoughts and ideas on how to improve Market Place, with a ...