A preliminary proposal calls for the selection of a poet for a two-year term that would include public readings, school ...

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.

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Kansas poet laureate Traci Brimhall is offering poetic sustenance to Kansas and beyond.

A decade since the tragedy, the community is still coping with the loss and navigating the impact of the racial attack. Marcus Amaker, the first poet laureate of Charleston, South Carolina, said the ...

Marmots aren’t the only local wildlife Sheffield has written about. “I am as much a naturalist as I am a poet,” said Sheffield in the ArtsWA (the Washington State Arts Commission) news release ...

Birmingham’s first poet laureate Salaam Green released a new book this week to coincide with the Juneteenth holiday. The ...

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

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

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A Romanian taxi driver who scammed 90-year-old Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka was detained by police on Sunday, ...