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Mar. 5—At the age of 7, Ashley Jones dressed as Harriet Tubman and recited lines of Eloise Greenfield's poem about the abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad to her second grade class ...

GRAND FORKS – The North Dakota Council on the Arts has announced the extension of Denise Lajimodiere’s term as North Dakota Poet Laureate through June 2028. Lajimodiere, an enrolled citizen of the ...

What a great way to start a new literary year. Six poets laureate from across Minnesota will participate Thursday in the ...

When Carolyn Cushing began her term as Easthampton’s poet laureate, she and her fellow poets turned heads by staging a poetry reading in the parking lot of a local supermarket. “We were there with a ...

SAN ANTONIO — A first-of-its-kind event, “Las Tres Laureadas” pays tribute to three Texas poets, each recognized for contributions to the literary arts. The three poet laureates — Rose Catacalos, 2013 ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Madison Arts Commission and Madison Poet Laureate Steven Espada Dawson are inviting the public to welcome Octavia Ikard as the city’s newest Youth Poet Laureate at an opening ...

NORWALK – Katherine E. Schneider, who has been appointed as Norwalk's new poet laureate, said she looks "forward to celebrating the power of poetry as a tool for expression, connection and reflection" ...

HELENA (AP) -- Sandra Alcosser of Florence, who has had seven books of her poetry published, is Montana's first poet laureate. Gov. Brian Schweitzer appointed her to the position Wednesday, choosing ...

FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives on the red carpet for the 2024 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall ...

Poetry gives you license to say how you feel, it has been said, and currently there’s an opportunity to share both feelings and art with the community in the poet laureate role. Applications for the ...