Mass. on verge of versifying with new poet laureate (The Republican Editorials)
The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the ...
The Santa Barbara Independent9h
Poetry Connection | Get to know Santa Barbara’s Next Poet Laureate
There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...
'Push the boundaries': Literacy advocate Zell Miller III is Austin's first poet laureate
For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...
Barbara Lee has avid fans in Oakland mayor’s race. But Loren Taylor is making it a contest
Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee ...
Texas Monthly1d
Kinky Friedman’s Final Album Is a Hard Look at Mortality. It Might Be His Best.
This was also true of Friedman’s last two records, but the contemplation of loss and mortality cuts closer to the bone on ...
The State News1dOpinion
COLUMN: Masaki Takahashi is doing something different
Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between ...
The Business Monthly1d
Books in Bloom returning to Merriweather District
Merriweather District’s signature book festival, Books in Bloom, is back for its 9th year, bringing together community with ...
S.F.’s Poet Laureate awarded $175,000 as part of prestigious literary prize
San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin has been awarded Yale University’s prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize. The $175,000 literary award aims to provide writers the financial means to focus ...
BYU News1d
BYU professor and former Utah Poet Laureate recognizes the sacred in everyday life
BYU professor of English Lance Larsen has been writing poetry for four decades. His poems are regularly published in leading ...
Noozhawk2d
SBCC Tribute to Poetry Features First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera In celebration of National Poetry Month and the Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home initiative, Santa ...
40/29 News2d
Crystal Bridges' Indigenous art exhibit wraps
The last day to see "The American Sunrise: Indigenous Art" exhibit at Crystal Bridges is Sunday, March 23. Starting at 11 a.m. at the Momentary on Sunday, March 23, there's a screening of three films ...
Gloucester Daily Times2d
Rhyme and reason: Cultural Council pushes for poet laureate stipend
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...