Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the newly appointed Poet Laureate for the city of ...

A woman who has taught poetry in Salinas Valley State Prison and Santa Cruz County jails and racked up dozens of prestigious ...

Gov. Maura T. Healey signed an executive order creating the first-ever poet laureate of Massachusetts earlier this month.

Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Rossetti and Zephaniah have all followed. Now, poet laureate and Yorkshireman Simon Armitage – has ...

The Greeks had Homer, the Romans had Virgil, and Knoxville has its Poets Laureate. The Arts & Culture Alliance is accepting ...

The Winnipeg Arts Council is accepting nominations of local wordsmiths for the vacant literary ambassadorship, a role ...

"We all engage in small and large acts of translation every day," she said of her work as a Haitian-born writer in "a city of immigrants" and "a nation of immigrants." ...

A native of the Scarboro community, Rose Weaver has dedicated her life to education, advocacy and preserving Black history in ...

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

DELAWARE- Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou- names we recognize when it comes to African American poets. Local ...

Poet, author, and curator, Poetic X is a Shreveport native with a sincere passion and appreciation for poetry, arts and ...

Poet laureate Simon Armitage welcomes £5m government investment for first-ever National Poetry Centre - The centre is set to ...