| 单词 | poet laureate |
| 例句 | Apparently, he is the “poet laureate of the sixth grade.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The commonwealth of Virginia has had a poet laureate since about a year before the country had one. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “W. S. Merwin is an inevitable choice for poet laureate,” said Dana Gioia, a poet and a former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. W. S. Merwin to Be Named Poet Laureate 2010-07-01T02:16:00Z The Medal was first presented in 1933 by King George V. Recommendations are put forward by the poet laureate and chosen by a committee. Poet Agard picked for Queen's medal 2012-12-20T14:06:44Z Jason Loviglio, 58, is the poet laureate of his Baltimore neighborhood’s giveaway group. Buy Nothing is everything 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The author, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate, assesses contemporary poetry in this brief volume, with an eye to broader questions of American identity. New in Paperback: ‘Augustown,’ ‘The Storied City’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Yet, at 48, Stark is nonetheless emerging as the visual poet laureate of the Internet age. 'UH-OH: Frances Stark, 1991-2015' at Hammer Museum is an enthralling midcareer survey 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Andrew Motion, the former poet laureate, believes that maintaining libraries is fundamentally important. Andrew Motion attacks 'catastrophic' plan for volunteers to run libraries 2010-06-11T15:08:00Z The poet laureate of the United States — PLOTUS, in the lingo — tends to be busy, Howard Nemerov once said, because he or she spends so much time explaining what the job entails. Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate With a Working-Class Voice Meant to Be Spoken 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Among the festival’s headliners are Tracy K. Smith, the United States poet laureate, and Frank Ostaseski, an author and end-of-life care educator, both of whom are slated to appear at the festival’s opening night. Festival in New York Will Look at Death From Many Angles 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z June 23: The position of U.S. poet laureate is filled by a young lass from Nantucket. Style Invitational Week 1264: A cry for Yelp 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Nov. 22: Billy Collins , another former poet laureate, raconteur and first annual recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry. Seattle Arts & Lectures brings Elizabeth Strout, Tracy Kidder, Jonathan Franzen and more to the NW 2010-06-11T20:34:00Z One benefit of becoming poet laureate was the availability of “some very high-class fishing,” Mr. Bate writes. Review: ‘Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life’: Cursed by Beauty 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z There are a lot of state poet laureates I’m meeting, and they talk about doing what Jackie is doing. Tracy K. Smith and Jacqueline Woodson Talk Reading, Race and Spreading the Gospel of Literature 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z In 2002, respected enough to be named New Jersey’s poet laureate, he shocked again with “Somebody Blew Up America,” a Sept. Activist author Amiri Baraka dead at 79 2014-01-09T23:19:00Z The one-year appointment as poet laureate is meant to raise national appreciation of poetry. William S. Merwin named 17th US poet laureate 2010-07-01T08:58:00Z “Here’s a smash by the first recording artists we’ve ever known about who’s been officially named poet laureate of any of the 50 states,” he said in a July 1974 program. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The performances in June include video interviews with supporters at leading grounds visited by Pook, a composer and musician whose past work includes a joint piece for the Proms with the poet laureate Andrew Motion. Classics to share Royal Opera House stage with experimental works 2010-05-02T14:29:00Z Established in 2017, the national youth poet laureate program is an initiative of the literary arts and development organization Urban Word. Alexandra Huynh, 18, is the new National Youth Poet Laureate 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z “Someone in the governor’s office approached me about becoming poet laureate and asked if I’d be willing to write poems for state occasions,” she recalled in a 1996 interview with Washingtonian magazine. Linda Pastan, Poet Who Plumbed the Ordinary, Dies at 90 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z In 1997, he was named to the first of three terms as United States poet laureate and consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress. Former poet laureate sees jazz everywhere in American culture 2010-10-12T20:39:00Z The former United States poet laureate Billy Collins serves as muse in Varone’s new work, “Everything Is Fine.” 9 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The poet laureate typically serves one year in the honorary position, which carries a stipend of $35,000. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera reappointed to second year 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Aged 20, she sent a poem to Robert Southey, the British poet laureate, with a letter declaring her desire “to be forever known”. Woman of substance 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, painter, social activist and bookstore owner, has been San Francisco’s de facto poet laureate and literary Pied Piper for seven decades. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z While Potell writes on the envelopes that the poem comes from the county’s poet laureate, she doesn’t include a return address because she doesn’t want people to feel pressure to respond. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z In January, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a $2.2 million grant to bolster projects by local poets laureate and poetry organizations. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Dove, a former poet laureate of the United States, writes poems that have earthiness, originality, power and range. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Coleman, who died in 2013, was considered Los Angeles' "unofficial poet laureate"; friends, fans and family had advocated for a permanent remembrance. Branch library to be dedicated to Wanda Coleman 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Novelists Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie and former poet laureate Andrew Motion were all up for critical mauling of the year in a shortlist published on Tuesday. Rushdie, Amis targeted in critical maulings of 2012 2013-01-08T15:39:20Z In 1999, he was made Glasgow's first poet laureate and the following year he was awarded the Queen's gold medal for poetry. Edwin Morgan obituary 2010-08-19T17:23:00Z By 1961, he had become an important enough voice to discuss the state of poetry on television with John Betjeman, who would later be named Britain’s poet laureate. Royston Ellis, Bridge Between Beat Poets and the Beatles, Dies at 82 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z She was appointed 23rd poet laureate of the United States on Wednesday. Joy Harjo is the first Native American U.S. poet laureate 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Several previous poets laureate have criticized McCrory for bypassing the traditional though not obligatory process of involving the North Carolina Arts Council in the selection. NC gov defends his self-published poet laureate 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Ferrara is the punk poet laureate of a city that no longer exists. Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins' 2010-08-05T20:29:00Z He then offered the Webster’s definition of “poet laureate,” a little nugget of education nestled within the fandom. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z We also offer our own seasonal treat: the Manchester Carols, written by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and performed on CD by Manchester Carollers and the Northern Chamber Orchestra. A merry and foul-mouthed Christmas 2010-12-17T15:13:59Z Though Ms. Smith often takes on current social and political issues in her poetry, she doesn’t plan to use her position as poet laureate to advocate social causes, she said. Tracy K. Smith Is the New Poet Laureate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z These quietly powerful poems were written as Merwin, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate, was losing his eyesight. Best poetry collections of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Here the obvious comparison is to the neurologist and prolific writer Oliver Sacks, often described as the poet laureate of medicine. Three New Books Explore the Machinery of the Mind 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Limón is the first woman of Mexican ancestry to be named poet laureate of the U.S. Ada Limón explores "what it looks like to have America in the room" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Blending poetry and prose, Harjo examines her childhood, her ancestors and her path to becoming the country’s first Native American poet laureate. Newly Published, From Water Statues to the Supreme Court 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The California Arts Council is now accepting nominations for California poet laureate. Help wanted: Next California poet laureate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z I remember listening on a typical gray and rainy Seattle afternoon to Oregon’s poet laureate, Paulann Petersen, reading and talking in the old store. Readers and writers remember 2013-06-21T20:58:44Z Mr. Harrison was our poet laureate of lumbering desire. An Appraisal: Taking Big Bites of Jim Harrison’s Voracious Life 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Edward Koren, whose whimsical cartoons of shaggy animals and hairy, bemused humans are a staple of , is the neighborhood’s poet laureate. Art Review: Edward Koren at the Wallach and Luise Ross Galleries 2010-05-20T21:44:00Z In his youth, America's former poet laureate, Robert Pinsky, played the saxophone and wanted to be a jazz musician. Former poet laureate sees jazz everywhere in American culture 2010-10-12T20:39:00Z But as a poet, she has been awarded the highest honor in her field: On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced she will become the next poet laureate of the United States. Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The poets laureate, from 10 states, will receive a combined amount over $1 million to establish projects like podcasts, writing workshops and poetry readings in their communities and support civic programs in the next year. 13 Poets Laureate Receive Fellowships for Civic Projects 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Most verse lovers I hear from also mention the buoyant, contemplative lines of the former poet laureate Billy Collins. Poems to Uplift and Inspire Young Adults 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z He attended Princeton University, where he was roommates with future US poet laureate WS Merwin, who introduced him to the works of WB Yeats. Pulitzer-winning poet Kinnell dies 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Strictly speaking, the poet laureate has few official duties during the one-year term, but lately the laureates have tended to take on projects intended to broaden the audience for poetry. A Gritty Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate : Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate 2011-08-10T02:20:31Z Claudia Castro Luna, the poet laureate for Washington State, is spending her year as a fellow conducting poetry readings along the Columbia River in partnership with other writers and local organizations. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.5 Million to Academy of American Poets 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Former Vermont governor Madeleine Kunin, who named Kinnell poet laureate, told Vermont Public Radio in August that he resembled Frost "in that he also appears accessible on the surface, yet mysterious when we probe underneath." Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell dies in Vermont 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z We’re delighted by the appointment of Charles Wright as poet laureate. Charles Wright in The New Yorker 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z In his acceptance speech for the foundation’s award, he noted that he preferred an assessment by the New Musical Express in London, which had dubbed him “the poet laureate of wild a--holes with revolvers.” Elmore Leonard shoots his way into the Library of America People seeking the poet laureate position should be a poet of significance; have a strong record of publishing; received prior awards; and, of course, live in California. Help wanted: Next California poet laureate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Boyle managed to find a way of showing us who we are, as if he were poet laureate. Olympic opening ceremony wins UK theatre award 2012-11-26T12:45:36Z R&B master and “poet laureate of soul” Smokey Robinson will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Motown great Smokey Robinson to receive prestigious Gershwin Prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z After spending time “soaking up the culture” in Louisiana, he married into a Basque community in northeastern Wyoming and is now the state’s poet laureate. At the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Tall Tales, Resonant Rhymes 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z This is how the poet Patricia Lockwood, an exemplar of brilliant silliness who has been called the poet laureate of Twitter, has described her own writing. Patricia Lockwood's Crowd-Pleasing Poetry 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z If I were named U.S. poet laureate, my first act would be to reclassify limericks from light verse to welter verse. Week 1072: The Tile Invitational — our second ScrabbleGrams contest The author Tracy K. Smith is in the second of her two years as the poet laureate of the United States. Tracy K. Smith and Jacqueline Woodson Talk Reading, Race and Spreading the Gospel of Literature 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z One day someone slipped an anthology of poetry under his cell door: “The Black Poets,” edited by Dudley Randall, Detroit’s first poet laureate. A Poet and Ex-Con Writes About Life After Prison 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Rita Dove, a former United States poet laureate, said that poetry is “the bones and the skeleton of the language. It teaches you, if nothing else, how to choose your words.” Find Poetry in the Pages of a Newspaper 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z “I just have always felt like less is more when it comes to the poetry that I do,” says Amaker, 45, from Charleston, S.C., where since 2016 he has been poet laureate. In ‘Unknown,’ a composer and a poet offer new perspectives on war and 100 years of soldiers with names lost to time 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Tracy K. Smith is the United States poet laureate and the author, most recently, of the collection “Wade in the Water.” Political Poetry Is Hot Again. The Poet Laureate Explores Why, and How. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z In 1966 he succeeded Stephen Spender as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress — a job we now call poet laureate — and he enjoyed his term in a way few have since. Books: ?Deliverance?: A Dark Heart Still Beating 2010-08-24T22:27:00Z This year's judging panel is chaired by the former poet laureate Andrew Motion. Booker longlist 2010-07-27T18:06:00Z In 2002, as poet laureate of New Jersey, Baraka drew accusations of anti-Semitism over his poem Somebody Blew Up America, which referenced the 11 September 2001 attacks. Poet Amiri Baraka dies, aged 72 2014-01-10T11:15:12Z The County, broodingly shot but ultimately uplifting, makes him the poet laureate of Icelandic rural life. 'They're behaving as capitalists': the film inspired by Iceland's farming stranglehold 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z To celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the poet laureate of L.A. lowlife, here are 18 things he wrote and said and did. Celebrating Charles Bukowski, 'poet laureate of L.A. lowlife' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z The Customs Houseby Sir Andrew Motion It is Motion's first collection since he retired as poet laureate and is divided between accomplished performances about war and more autobiographical offerings. The Customs House by Andrew Motion – review 2012-11-25T00:05:29Z The county’s program also includes a circle of all poet laureate applicants, who meet to expand offerings for literary arts and make their proposed projects a reality. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z First established in 2006 by the family of the former poet laureate, the competition aims to encourage children to read, write and be inspired by poetry. National Poetry Day: Foyle Young Poets and Betjeman prize announced 2012-10-04T13:19:55Z Reed Whittemore, a former poet laureate of the United States whose work’s calm, unruffled surface belied deep subversion below, died on Friday in Kensington, Md. He was 92. Reed Whittemore, Former Poet Laureate, Dies at 92 2012-04-11T03:47:18Z Smokey Robinson, the “poet laureate of soul,” will receive the eighth edition of the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, David Mao, the acting Librarian of Congress, announced on Tuesday. Smokey Robinson, a Leader of ‘a Musical Revolution,’ to Receive Gershwin Prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z “Going to Newark is actually wonderful; poetry is used to unlikely settings,” said Ms. Dove, one of four of the country’s former poet laureates scheduled to attend the festival. Urban Beat for Poetry Festival 2010-10-05T22:37:00Z The post of poet laureate is an apolitical position, which might seem limiting in the face of the country’s sharp political divide. Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z "The old argument was that the magazine was too safe, too tweedy," said Kevin Stein, Illinois' poet laureate. Poetry magazine well-versed in criticism 2011-06-20T21:14:00Z Mr. Collins, another former poet laureate, agreed that Newark was a metaphor for where poetry is now. Urban Beat for Poetry Festival 2010-10-05T22:37:00Z These guys are fast becoming the theater’s poets laureate of human loneliness. ‘Let the Right One In,’ a Stage Version of a Vampire Novel 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z "It's been a great privilege and an exciting challenge for us to reduce our longlist of 13 to this shortlist of six outstandingly good novels," said chair of judges Andrew Motion, the former poet laureate. Booker prize shortlist drops early frontrunners 2010-09-07T11:13:00Z For almost 200 years, theaters staged a happier “Lear,” a script substantially altered by Nahum Tate, who became England’s poet laureate in 1692. Perspective | Turns out the Trump era isn’t ‘1984.’ It’s ‘King Lear.’ 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z But he changed his mind and became the 17th U.S. poet laureate last year after seeing the position as an opportunity. US poet laureate says humans failing themselves 2011-08-03T02:09:16Z Sept. 25 — Pulitzer Prize-winner Charles Wright becomes the 20th poet laureate of the United States. 2014: A good year for book lovers Last weekend, I listened to the poet laureate Tracy K Smith on the On Being podcast. What it took to finally confront my family about race and politics 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z O, the prophetic soul of Mr. Stoppard, whose younger self has resurfaced as both the poet laureate and court jester of our addled age of confusion. Stoppard Classics, Reborn for an Age of Uncertainty 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z A former poet laureate of Rhode Island, Ms. Wright was a professor of poetry at Brown University at the time of her death. C.D. Wright, poet who wrote of her Arkansas youth, dies at 67 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z "Her gifts, adventurousness and generosity, suggest she will be a terrific young people's poet laureate." Jacqueline Woodson named the new 'young people's poet laureate' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Typically, the U.S. poet laureate does a few official readings and beyond that is free to create his or her own programming during the year. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: 'The audience is half of the poem' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z For now, our next poet laureate is off to Montana for three months. Charles Wright, former U-Va. professor and author, is named new U.S. poet laureate Ms. Fisk is the poet laureate of Nevada County, Calif., which is just 70 miles from Paradise, a town that was decimated by the Camp Fire in 2018. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.5 Million to Academy of American Poets 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z She thinks she can recapture her romantic innocence, and he flatters himself into believing that late capitalism craves its own poet laureate. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z The position is now called poet laureate of the United States — a title Mr. Smith disliked. William Jay Smith, former U.S. poet laureate, dies at 97 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z At the heart of the collection are stories of women quietly pushing against societal constraints and of female trailblazers in the science or the arts, like Ina Coolbrith, the first poet laureate of California. Review | Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Now in his late 80s, Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate, no longer writes poetry. The best poetry books for December 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Poetry by Washington state’s poet laureate, who grew up near the Hanford nuclear reservation and later worked there as an engineer. Washington State Book Awards honor six local books 2013-09-05T02:10:38Z “In my timeline, there is a direct line from Patti Smith to Sinead O’Connor,” says Stipe, invoking the 1970s punk poet laureate. Sinead O’Connor is still in one piece 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Philip Levine, a former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, died Saturday in Fresno. Philip Levine dies at 87; former U.S. poet laureate, Pulitzer winner 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z In contrast, his fellow critic Leonard Feather christened Hendricks “the poet laureate of modern jazz” and said his writing showed “a talent bordering on genius.” Jon Hendricks, master of scat, jazz vocalization and sly lyrics, dies at 96 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Library experts, including chair of the Museums, Libraries and Archives council and former poet laureate Andrew Motion, have previously spoken of their concerns about the use of volunteers in libraries. Jeanette Winterson hits out at threats to libraries 2010-08-18T10:25:00Z The former poet laureate and author, most recently, of “Monument” came to poetic language via Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “Before I ever committed any poems to memory I had memorized his speech.” Natasha Trethewey: By the Book 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z What do you think about his choice as poet laureate? See how Juan Felipe Herrera won the crown of poet laureate 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z What would they think of you becoming the poet laureate? The U.S. poet laureate on what America should be reading now 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The Academy of American Poets said on Thursday that it would be able to fund its poet laureate program for the next three years with a $4.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.5 Million to Academy of American Poets 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z When he was 95, he became the nation’s poet laureate. The symbiotic relationship between poets and the garden 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z The best work from a man who surely qualifies as the poet laureate of California’s canyons, rivers, mountains and coastlines. California in My Mind 2012-10-19T17:08:31Z I'm happy to be a singer-songwriter, but I'm performing at the American Poets Society, alongside seven poet laureates. Bard reputation: pop stars pick their favourite poets 2010-10-07T15:52:00Z The most animated poet laureate in history has three gigs. Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up! 2011-07-17T20:29:01Z One of the poems Ms. di Prima read at the event celebrating her appointment as San Francisco’s poet laureate was “The Poetry Deal,” written in 1993. Diane di Prima, Poet of the Beat Era and Beyond, Dies at 86 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In 1997, as I was starting college, he was finishing his term as United States poet laureate, the most famous poet in America. The Poet Robert Hass Is a Virtuoso of Common American Speech 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The librarian of Congress, James Billington, named Trethewey as the nation's 19th poet laureate in June, and she began the one-year position in September. AP Interview: Trethewey a 'cheerleader' for poetry 2012-11-21T13:16:14Z She also thanked the poet laureate for establishing the new prize, which is run by the Poetry Society. Alice Oswald wins inaugural Ted Hughes award 2010-03-30T19:20:00Z Ada Limón, the current U.S. poet laureate, wrote a poem for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft bound for Jupiter next year. A Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z If that is the case, an idiot wind is blowing across the private sector, to paraphrase the poet laureate of the boomers, Bob Dylan. Aging boomers befuddle global marketers eying $15 trillion prize 2013-09-17T15:27:00Z Poet Laureate for a Second Time The Library of Congress will announce on Monday that Natasha Trethewey is to be appointed to a second one-year term as the United States poet laureate. Arts, Briefly: Poet Laureate for a Second Time 2013-06-09T21:55:55Z It was all rather unseemly and not something that usually happens during an election for a position considered second only to that of the poet laureate in terms of prestige. Oxford poetry professorship re-run begins 2010-04-19T18:37:00Z For the Thursday night guest headliner opening party, expect a performance from punk rock's poet laureate Patti Smith.To buy tickets please click here. Win a summer of festival tickets for you and a friend 2013-06-08T23:05:00Z The tale looms large for the Saints because Snow became the poet laureate of Mormon culture, and a grande dame in the Saints’ new Zion of Salt Lake City. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z A poet laureate, Daniel Thomas Moran, officiated, and the mother of the bride baked the couple’s two wedding cakes. On Love: Michelle L’Archeveque and Adam Jones When that poet is Trethewey, former poet laureate of the United States, start reading immediately. Ten books to read in July 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z She first met Mr. Gioia, the new poet laureate of California and a former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, eight years ago at a White House state dinner. Review: ‘Sung With Words,’ a Collaboration by a Pianist and a Poet 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z And Davenant is always good value, the poet laureate with a lively past. Sunday Feature: The First English Opera 2010-05-31T07:00:00Z The California poet laureate, who serves for two years, gets a $5,000 annual stipend. Obama's favorite book of 2015 is by Lauren Groff, but what's hers? And more book news. 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z When the poet laureate of yearning, Kurt Cobain, numbly riffs "hello hello hello", I often think about what it is he wished for and whether hello might have meant goodbye. The Man Booker 2012 shortlist: the authors on their novels 2012-10-12T21:54:02Z On what he'll do as U.S. poet laureate: I would like to say hello, invite people to write, honor their experience, culture, style, traditions and voices, in writing. U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on the art of poetry 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Then there’s Sánchez’s job as the city of Redmond’s poet laureate. Seattle poet Raul Sanchez lends his words to a unique music project 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z But for Roth there was no joking about a public letter Conarroe had signed, intended to protest the revocation of Amiri Baraka’s honorary post as poet laureate of New Jersey. Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z In his poem "Marginalia," Billy Collins, the former American poet laureate, wrote about how a previous reader had stirred the passions of a boy just beginning high school and reading "The Catcher in the Rye." Book lovers fear dim future for notes in the margins 2011-02-22T04:17:03Z It was created in response to the growing number of poets laureate in the United States, said Jennifer Benka, the academy’s president and executive director. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.5 Million to Academy of American Poets 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Edwin Morgan was Scotland's greatest living poet and the natural choice in 2004 to become the country's first makar – its national poet laureate. Scotland stalls on new poet laureate 2011-01-02T18:43:43Z Jamaica’s poet laureate, Olive Senior, stops to embrace old friends at the entrance to the grounds, making plans to catch up soon. Sun, Sea and Books Make This Festival an Enticing Destination 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The lines of verse are selected and transcribed by local resident Natalie Potell, who began a two-year stint as the county's poet laureate in October, becoming the fourth person to hold that position since 2014. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z I thought the machair was the title of the Scottish poet laureate, but kept my mouth shut. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z I tell him I'm good and remind him that we're supposed to talk about his role as our country's poet laureate and about his Kirsch award. Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate, on eating too many chilaquiles and returning to L.A. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z There’s a beautiful, poignant poem about your mother in this book, and I wonder what you think she would think of you becoming poet laureate? ‘Everyone wants a place where they feel safe,’ says Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z "It's about Jewishness, but so much more than that," said former poet laureate Andrew Motion, head of the judging panel, speaking to the press after naming the winner. Comic novel scoops Man Booker Prize for first time 2010-10-12T20:53:00Z “He will bring an enthusiasm and electricity to the role of poet laureate that is sure to spark new and wider interest in the art form among people of all ages.” Juan Felipe Herrera becomes first Mexican American U.S. poet laureate 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z As the poet laureate, her duties will include writing poems for national newspaper publication and performing poetry readings across the country. New US poet laureate announced 2012-06-07T15:51:40Z She was introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, who praised her contributions to “the inner life across this country and beyond.” Paul Simon, Alice Quinn honored by Poetry Society of America 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The Library of Congress announced Thursday that Charles Wright is to be the 20th U.S. poet laureate. Charles Wright named new U.S. poet laureate 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The poet laureate Tennyson was there, but not Dickens. The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The poet laureate has few required duties, but becomes an ambassador for the form. Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z In addition to serving as the U.S. poet laureate, Trethewey is serving for four years as poet laureate for Mississippi. AP Interview: Trethewey a 'cheerleader' for poetry 2012-11-21T13:16:14Z This septuagenarian journalist turned author has become the poet laureate of the anti-globalisation movement by adding a laconic, poetic voice to non-fiction. Eduardo Galeano: 'My great fear is that we are all suffering from amnesia' 2013-07-23T16:41:00Z Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate, concurs. Amanda Gorman clearly has talent. But there’s more to her meteoric rise. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z In the United States, the role of national poet laureate grew from the Library of Congress’s consultant of poetry; the first was Joseph Auslander in 1937. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Harjo, the first Native poet laureate, draws on her family’s ancestral stories and artistic influences in her second autobiography, which she wrote in verse and prose. 7 New Memoirs to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z When you’re asked to be poet laureate, is that something you say yes to immediately, or do you think about what it entails? ‘Everyone wants a place where they feel safe,’ says Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z This collection is a commanding reminder that the former poet laureate is one of the most important poets writing today. Four Poets Write New Histories 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Finally, and happily: The former poet laureate Rita Dove returns with an excellent collection of new work, her first in 12 years, “Playlist for the Apocalypse.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z “I’ve been to places where there is a poet laureate for every ZIP code,” Billy Collins, a former United States and New York State laureate, said. Is Poetry Dead? Not if 45 Official Laureates Are Any Indication 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The news that former poet laureate Andrew Motion is writing a play, to be premiered at this year's High Tide festival sounds like something of a surprise on first hearing. Poetry in Motion: why poetic drama has something new to say 2011-03-02T13:10:18Z It was as if his name had been erased: The Tennessee-born poet Charles Wright, a recent poet laureate of the United States, was and is better known. The Pleasures of a Writer Who Was ‘Richard Pryor on Paper’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Robert Scott is still working on the project he started as county poet laureate five years ago. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z On the young people he met as California poet laureate: I went to high schools. U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on the art of poetry 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Philip Levine, the former U.S. poet laureate who died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 14 at 87, was not a poet to everyone’s taste. Philip Levine: a poet for the American working man 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z If there were any doubt, Herrera, the first Mexican American U.S. poet laureate, made it clear Tuesday night that he’s bringing a new sense of wonder and drama to the position. New U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera made a fantastic debut in DC 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z I am best known for my work spearheading the movement to change the Mississippi State flag.I recently returned from a five-month national tour with Vote Common Good, of which I am the poet laureate. The Blue Flame of ‘Hotlanta’ 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Herrera, the former California poet laureate who was named U.S. poet laureate in June, has long written out of a sense of community. 7 great books and bookish events for fall 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z “This collection is a commanding reminder that the former poet laureate is one of the most important poets writing today.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Duffy, also Britain's poet laureate since 2009, called the work "a tremendous book of grace and gallantry which crowns the career of a world-class poet." Poet Sharon Olds wins T.S. Eliot award 2013-01-14T19:54:58Z Last year, fellows largely worked with people in physical spaces — the poet laureate for Washington State traveled the length of the Columbia River hosting workshops about its ecological and historical significance, for instance. 23 Poets Laureate Receive Fellowships for Projects Around the U.S. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z AP: Are there any hokey demands on you as poet laureate? AP Interview: Trethewey a 'cheerleader' for poetry 2012-11-21T13:16:14Z A former poet laureate of Alaska, he revels in the natural: river otters and Arctic char, sedge wrens and yellow warblers, witch hazel and the wolves of Denali. Books Of the Times: Five Poets Seasoned by Life 2011-05-29T22:06:07Z “The work that a poet laureate does highlights poetry and its value in a public sphere,” says Stephen Young, program director at the Poetry Foundation. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Several of the state’s previous poet laureates denounced his choice as a political appointment rather than one that rewarded literary merit. North Carolina's New Poet Laureate Bows Out 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Herrera becomes the first Hispanic American to serve as poet laureate of the United States. Juan Felipe Herrera becomes first Mexican American U.S. poet laureate 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z But in his day the extravagantly bearded creature who succeeded Wordsworth as poet laureate was as well known as Katie Price, and twice as much the product of his times. Tennyson: To Strive, To Seek, To Find by John Batchelor – review 2012-11-16T11:00:01Z "The government hasn't given us any notion of what they think a poet laureate is," Marsack added. Scotland stalls on new poet laureate 2011-01-02T18:43:43Z The library will on Tuesday host a symposium celebrating the life and work of the former poet laureate and marking what Chris Fletcher, keeper of special collections, said was an extremely generous gift. Cecil Day-Lewis letters donated to Oxford library by his children 2012-10-30T00:01:03Z Following the news of Herrera being named the new U.S. poet laureate, we gathered a few videos of the high-spirited Herrera enthusiastically sharing his creative vision with his audiences. See how Juan Felipe Herrera won the crown of poet laureate 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname of one poet laureate. 13 Poets Laureate Receive Fellowships for Civic Projects 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The idea was dreamed up following a conversation between the then poet laureate Ted Hughes and the author Michael Morpurgo, who went on to hold the position between 2003 and 2005. Ireland names Siobh?n Parkinson first children's laureate 2010-05-11T12:50:00Z In the process, Chang, the poet laureate of Brooklyn, weaves powerful narratives and uses various poetic forms to create a momentous landscape. Review | Joy Harjo’s stunning new collection and other best poetry collections this month 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Initially, the poet laureate was sceptical about the project, protesting that he possessed the kind of singing voice that could bring up bodies from the murky depths of the Thames. Hidden treasures: Sir John Betjeman's Banana Blush 2013-02-15T10:10:12Z He hadn’t particularly aspired to be poet laureate, Mr. Levine said, but he was pleased that after a long career, the honor had come his way. A Gritty Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate : Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate 2011-08-10T02:20:31Z His carol takes as its text a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet laureate. Bleak midwinter to Sydney sun: King's College carol service gets a taste of Australia 2012-12-22T13:10:26Z Others involved in the project included Patience Agbabi, this year's Canterbury poet laureate. Tackling UK poetry's ethnic imbalance, with no help from Jeremy Hunt 2010-09-22T07:00:00Z The most influential U.S. poets laureate have usually had a special interest or project: Maxine Kumin championed the work of women poets. Ada Limón explores "what it looks like to have America in the room" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z But as a poet laureate, on the inside of the Kims’ mythmaking machine, he sheds new light both on the dynasty’s ideological underpinnings and on what he calls “the tantrums of a defeated man”. Binding minds 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z Less than a week into her role as North Carolina’s poet laureate, Valerie Macon, a self-published poet and state employee, resigned over questions about her literary credentials and qualifications. North Carolina's New Poet Laureate Bows Out 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z And more recently Philip Levine, upon being named the poet laureate of the United States in August, said that a priority of his tenure would be to get more American poets on the radio. Poetry in Performance in New York 2011-10-06T22:17:39Z Mark Strand, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate widely praised for his concentrated, elegiac verse, died Nov. 29 in Brooklyn. Mark Strand, acclaimed bard of absence and loss, dies at 80 The chosen author will be named by the chair of the judging panel, former poet laureate Andrew Motion, shortly before 10pm. Booker prize 2010: Tom McCarthy remains favourite 2010-10-12T09:40:00Z Manual Cinema is a company with deep Midwestern roots — a fitting group to explore the story of one of the region’s and Chicago’s most iconic writers, the poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. A Decade of Puppets in Organized Chaos 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Children's author Philip Pullman and former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion led the protest and ministers were forced into a U-turn. Children's Bookstart scheme funding to be cut by half 2011-02-25T16:02:49Z Joy Harjo becomes the first Native American poet laureate of the United States. The biggest book news of the year 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Sampson tells us that if Barrett Browning were not a woman, she would have been appointed poet laureate after William Wordsworth died. Review | Elizabeth Barrett Browning was ahead of her time. ‘Two-Way Mirror’ does justice to her riveting life. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z There is a market for comic boy’s books that are “gross and disgusting,” full of “boogers and underpants,” explains the new poet laureate; Nesbitt’s books are a cut well above that. Meet Kenn Nesbitt, the New Children’s Poet Laureate 2013-06-15T14:58:08Z Ted Hughes was Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998 The widow of the former poet laureate Ted Hughes is to write a memoir about her 28-year marriage to the controversial figure. Ted Hughes widow to write memoirs 2013-01-07T12:12:21Z "It would be very easy for a poet laureate to spend most of his or her time in the Bay Area or the Los Angeles area," he said. Obama's favorite book of 2015 is by Lauren Groff, but what's hers? And more book news. 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The former U.S. poet laureate and the unofficial poet laureate of rock 'n' roll appeared on stage Thursday at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where they discussed their work and careers. Springsteen, Pinsky team up at NJ festival 2010-05-07T01:14:00Z Mr. Goldsmith, who refers to his writing as “mimetic and uncreative,”recently became the first poet laureate appointed by the Museum of Modern Art. Books of The Times: ‘Seven American Deaths and Disasters’ Transcribes the News 2013-06-18T19:13:23Z This former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, now poet laureate of California, rejoices that poetry has discovered new energy in slams, hip-hop and YouTube videos. Review | How do you define authenticity? A poetry collection explores a modern problem. 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Nation, is the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate; this anthology highlights work from a range of other Indigenous poets. New & Noteworthy Poetry, From First Peoples to Posthumous Ashbery 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features Ted Hughes, poet laureate and author of such celebrated collections as Crow and Birthday Letters, is to be honoured by a memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Ted Hughes joins literary greats at Poets' Corner 2010-03-23T06:00:00Z Philip Levine, the former U.S. poet laureate who died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday at the age of 87, was not a poet to everyone’s taste. Remembering Philip Levine 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Friday night, we have the poet laureate, whoever that is at the time. He Brought an Artistic Flair to the Knight Foundation’s Philanthropy 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Now he's joining an even more prestigious club: On Wednesday, the Library of Congress named him U.S. poet laureate. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: 'The audience is half of the poem' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The submissions were reviewed by a panel that included three former United States poets laureate, who are anointed by the Librarian of Congress. 13 Poets Laureate Receive Fellowships for Civic Projects 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Mark Strand, a former United States poet laureate, will read alongside Jennifer Michael Hecht at the second of the Poetry Society’s own two slots. Weekend Miser: New York City Poetry Festival on Governors Island 2012-07-19T19:58:22Z Typically, the poet laureate receives a stipend of up to $15,000 for a two-year project. NC gov defends his self-published poet laureate 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z While this will be Limón's first walk through the door as the poet laureate, she has already followed in the footsteps of Tracy K. Smith, who was poet laureate from 2017 to 2019. Ada Limón explores "what it looks like to have America in the room" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z As U.S. poet laureate, the 46-year-old describes herself as a "cheerleader" for the written word. AP Interview: Trethewey a 'cheerleader' for poetry 2012-11-21T13:16:14Z I learned that England’s poet laureate Robert Southey once told the ambitious Charlotte that “literature is not the business of a woman’s life.” Yorkshire celebrates the writing Brontë sisters, 200 years later 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Excerpts from drafts of an unpublished poem by poet laureate Ted Hughes, which details his feelings about his wife Sylvia Plath's suicide in February 1963. Excerpts from Ted Hughes poem on Sylvia Plath 2010-10-07T20:04:00Z So what exactly does a children’s poet laureate do, besides collect a $25,000 stipend? Meet Kenn Nesbitt, the New Children’s Poet Laureate 2013-06-15T14:58:08Z Tennyson, then England’s poet laureate, joins the search for Gabriel and proves to be seriously self-important. Review | If poets could solve a crime . . . 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It is an occupational hazard of poets laureate that, however far they flee the public, rustic local books will be shyly pressed into their hands. An Unintentional Scottish Masterpiece 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z For Pusha T, poet laureate of drug-dealer lore, the sins of the past are an opportunity for reflection and also celebration. The Playlist: Ashley McBryde’s Loner’s Lament, and 10 More New Songs 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The poet laureate will be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate for a coming two-year term. Help wanted: Next California poet laureate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The Washington state poet laureate will discuss and read from several of her books, including her latest, "Plume." 12 top entertainment picks for the week of Sept. 2-8, 2012 2012-08-29T21:43:04Z Smith, poet laureate of the United States and a Pulitzer Prize winner, shows tremendous range in these rich, humane poems as she shifts from lyricism to direct speech, from meditative passages to wry humor. Review | Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z A small reading nook rounds out the first floor, with books curated by Joy Harjo, the U.S. poet laureate and a Tulsa native who will be the center’s first artist in residence. At 80, Bob Dylan finally gets a museum 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z He was the first poet laureate of MtvU, the subsidiary of MTV broadcast only on college campuses, and his lifelong devotion to and influence on film was celebrated by the Harvard Film Archive. John Ashbery, Prize-Winning Poet, Is Dead at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z William Shakespeare had a secret son who grew up to become the poet laureate of England, according to the author of a new biography. Did Shakespeare have a secret son? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Kooser, who served two terms as U.S. poet laureate, draws on small dramas and the vast Midwestern landscape to create emotionally resonant writing. Review | The best poetry collections to read this month 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Joy Harjo, the current poet laureate and a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, created a project called “Living Nations, Living Words,” which included a map that highlights Native American poets and their work. Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The poet laureate is not a political position. Joy Harjo is first Native American named US poet laureate 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z He recently concluded his two-year term as California's poet laureate, traveling to hidden corners of the state and showcasing young poets' work in various media. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: 'The audience is half of the poem' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z And between now and then, several well-known contemporary poets, among them Billy Collins, Marie Ponsot and Jean Valentine, the New York State poet laureate, will offer seminar-style personal takes on her work. Art: ?Emily Dickinson?s Garden,? at New York Botanical Garden 2010-04-29T23:07:00Z Many teach, one former poet laureate sold insurance, others get by on grants. David Byrne's Warning About KindleUnlimited, From Last October 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Philip Levine, who will be the new US poet laureate from October. Philip Levine appointed new US poet laureate 2011-08-11T09:28:47Z Collins: It was the first time I spoke publicly about a project I had just started as poet laureate. ‘The end of an innocent world’: An oral history of the first National Book Festival, which debuted three days before 9/11 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Billington made his selection in consultation with about 50 people, including 10 previous poets laureate. Charles Wright, former U-Va. professor and author, is named new U.S. poet laureate "When told the news out of the blue by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, I couldn't believe my ears and it took a little time to sink in," he said. Poet Agard picked for Queen's medal 2012-12-20T14:06:44Z Former poet laureate Andrew Motion said the news of Salt's withdrawal was "a great shame". Salt abandons single-author collections amid poetry market slump 2013-05-24T11:12:18Z And the mantle of neurotic Manhattan’s poet laureate passed to Woody Allen, whose films offered a hipper variation on the same sensibility. Theater Review | 'Next Fall': At Helen Hayes, Taking on Religion From a Hospital Bed 2010-03-12T03:05:00Z The brooding vocals and philosophical lyrics of anthems like “Suzanne” and “Hallelujah” earned him nicknames like the “godfather of gloom” and the “poet laureate of pessimism.” Exploring the Montreal That Leonard Cohen Loved 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Charles Bukowski was called many things: "poet laureate of L.A. lowlife," "the enfant terrible of the Meat School poets," "the prophet of the underemployed" and "a flamboyant provincial." Celebrating Charles Bukowski, 'poet laureate of L.A. lowlife' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Billy Collins, poet laureate from 2001-2003: There was this incredible spread — everything you could possibly think of to eat, not just for breakfast but any meal. ‘The end of an innocent world’: An oral history of the first National Book Festival, which debuted three days before 9/11 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Ms. McCray, a poet, frequents neighborhood readings and has judged poetry competitions; she recently made arrangements for the city’s youth poet laureate to read a composition at her husband’s inaugural. A New Mayor Brings Hope for a Populist Arts Revival 2013-12-29T19:52:34Z Williamson, who has been quick to reject his thrust-upon status as poet laureate of the alienated English underclasses, would likely roll his buggy, bored eyes at such sentiments. Anger is an energy: The world’s best live band is made up of two middle-age British blokes in sweatpants 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Tracy K. Smith, America’s poet laureate, returns with her first collection since “Life on Mars” won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z "Push the Sky Away" is yet another gem in a long string of fiercely literate offerings from the poet laureate of post-punk. Review: Nick Cave mellows on new Bad Seeds album 2013-02-19T17:20:09Z Ms. Glück, now 69, was United States poet laureate in 2003-4. Books of The Times: Louise Glück: ‘Poems 1962-2012’ 2012-11-08T22:39:48Z In the application process, poets laureate — those appointed to promote the art form in their state or locale — were invited to submit letters of recommendation and civic project proposals. 13 Poets Laureate Receive Fellowships for Civic Projects 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z William Jay Smith, a former United States poet laureate whose work was known both for its acuteness of observation and acuteness of craftsmanship, died on Tuesday in Pittsfield, Mass. He was 97. William Jay Smith, Poet and Craftsman of Rhythm, Dies at 97 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The office of the U.S. poet laureate is a relatively recent one. Ada Limón explores "what it looks like to have America in the room" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Flenniken, 51, was appointed to a two-year term as the state's poet laureate in February, succeeding Samuel Green, the first poet laureate. Once a Hanford engineer, now Washington's poet laureate 2012-04-02T02:01:16Z The music world lost today one of its greatest poet laureates. Songwriter Jerry Leiber dies at 78 2011-08-23T11:27:25Z ‘An artfully relaxed, well-groomed quality’: former poet laureate Andrew Motion photographed earlier this year. The Customs House by Andrew Motion – review 2012-11-25T00:05:29Z With this collection she stakes her claim to being Florida’s unofficial poet laureate, as Joan Didion is for California. Review | New stories from Lauren Groff, who wrote President Obama’s favorite novel in 2015 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Potell’s interpretation of her role is a far cry from how the job of a poet laureate was originally conceived. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Though he has long lived in San Francisco, Mr. Kleinzahler hails from Fort Lee, where he was anointed poet laureate in 2005. Neighborhood Cheer: Big TVs and Flowing Taps 2010-12-23T22:35:49Z Glück, a former U.S. poet laureate whose awards include the Pulitzer Prize, understands the power of mystery and the need for sincerity. National Book Award finalists for poetry The governor’s office announced Friday that Valeria Macon will be the state’s new poet laureate. McCrory appoints new poet laureate for NC 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Joy Harjo, 68, is the 23rd poet laureate of the United States. ‘Everyone wants a place where they feel safe,’ says Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z In an earlier version, the name of one of the sponsors of the poet laureate program was accidentally omitted. New state poet laureate hopes to turn adults to a love of poetry 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins, one of the contest's judges, said of her work, “These are witty but deeply serious poems.” Detroit's first free Write a House goes to Brooklyn poet 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z This collection of old and new poems by the former poet laureate of the United States includes Trethewey’s powerful reflections on the way our nation contends with its diversity and memorializes its past. Perspective | What books to read this fall 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z After 10 years as poet laureate it's not surprising Andrew Motion is in the mood for something new, and he reveals today that his new writing plans involve swashbuckling pirates. Treasure Island 2 2010-03-26T00:15:00Z Hall, who died on June 23, left behind a rich collection of poetry that earned him a National Medal of the Arts and a term as poet laureate of the United States. New & Noteworthy 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z In Lincoln — where the mayor bought a C.S.A. share — an original piece of poetry by Ted Kooser, a former poet laureate of the United States, is among this year’s offerings. ‘Buy Local’ Gets Creative 2013-08-04T21:51:29Z She is the first person to serve simultaneously as poet laureate for a state and the nation. AP Interview: Trethewey a 'cheerleader' for poetry 2012-11-21T13:16:14Z She was recently named young people’s poet laureate by the Poetry Foundation. Jimmy Carter and Jacqueline Woodson on Race, Religion and Rights 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Hughes, an English poet laureate, and Plath, his American wife, are considered among the 20th century's greatest poets. Poem by Ted Hughes tells of Sylvia Plath's suicide 2010-10-07T18:32:00Z Beginning in 17th-century England, a poet laureate would write verse for historic occasions. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Mark Strand, a former US poet laureate who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1999, has died in New York aged 80. Mark Strand, US poet, dies at 80 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Joy Harjo is the U.S. poet laureate and the author, most recently, of “An American Sunrise.” The Poems That Poets Turn To in a Time of Strife 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Baraka refused then New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey's request for him to resign and, in response, state lawmakers passed a law to eliminate the position of poet laureate. U.S. playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka dead at 79 2014-01-09T23:29:14Z It’s rare for a sitting poet laureate to release a collection of new work during her term, and here Smith is forcefully addressing some of the nation’s enduring wounds. In Her New Work, a Public Poet Balances the Personal and Political 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z He would be named poet laureate of the United States in 1990, and win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1999 for his collection Blizzard of One. Pulitzer-Winning Poet Laureate Mark Strand Dead at 80 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith served from 1968 to 1970 as the consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, as the poet laureate’s post was then known. William Jay Smith, Poet and Craftsman of Rhythm, Dies at 97 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The American Academy of Poets announced Thursday that Levine, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate, has been given the Wallace Stevens Award. Poet Philip Levine Wins $100,000 Prize 2013-09-12T14:25:17Z Murguía is San Francisco's poet laureate and two-time winner of the American Book Award. Festival of Books: Poetry, from sonnets to the 'language of the street' 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z By no means every poet laureate has been commemorated in Poets' Corner. Poets' Corner memorial for Hughes 2010-03-22T18:03:00Z Alice Mergler, secretary of the county’s arts council and the coordinator of the program, says that Prince William will have a junior poet laureate in the spring after receiving so many poems from younger writers. This 32-year-old poet (and firefighter) mails poems to strangers without a return address 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He's enlisted 13 state poets laureate to help drum up support. A day to honor poets? Quoth the raven 'Evermore' 2010-04-23T13:16:00Z Motion, a former poet laureate of the United Kingdom, includes captivating descriptions of exotic flora and fauna, birds, sea creatures and other wonders Jim marvels over. 'Silver': courage and terror in the sequel to Treasure Island 2012-08-01T20:01:03Z The program offered no female composers or authors until the touching “Blessing the Boats” appeared as an encore, with music by Saint-Saens and words by Lucille Clifton, a former poet laureate of Maryland. Review | With Bill Murray, crossing a bridge from America past to America present 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z When he begins his tenure in September, he'll be the first-ever Chicano poet laureate, writing and speaking in both English and Spanish. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: 'The audience is half of the poem' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z How do you see your role as U.S. poet laureate? The U.S. poet laureate on what America should be reading now 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z She didn’t say, “You’re going to be poet laureate,” but I was with her the three months before she passed, and we did a lot of healing in that time. ‘Everyone wants a place where they feel safe,’ says Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The poet laureate of this kind of tale is the Norwegian novelist Vigdis Hjorth, whose brisk, skittering books pounce on everyday experiences, revealing beneath their forensically detailed surfaces pools of risk and doubt. The Best Post Office Novel You Will Read Before the Election 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Since Poe’s death in 1849 he has been the patron saint of paranoia, the poet laureate of the young, lonely and morbidly romantic, who see this world and the next as one seamless, fearful pageant. The Raven: Edgar Allen Poe Solves a Serial-Killer Mystery 2012-04-27T10:30:18Z “The poet laureates of the early ‘Mad Men’ era.” Review: Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano Croon at the Metropolitan Room 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z If, however, after a decade as the unofficial poet laureate of geezer , Mike Skinner – aka – really is quitting pop for films and books, he is going out with a party. The Streets ? review 2011-02-22T18:21:32Z When Robert Frost was poet laureate in the late 1950s, he saw himself as a political as well as a literary eminence. Scorching, Sophisticated New Work From Two of America’s Leading Poets 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino to be named U.S. poet laureate, is a master of many forms -- and the kind of poet who just might win over those who think they hate poetry. See how Juan Felipe Herrera won the crown of poet laureate 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Andrew Motion, Britain's former poet laureate, said it was "extraordinary" that writers like Hollinghurst and Graham Swift - both previous Booker winners - weren't among the finalists. Julian Barnes leads Booker Prize finalists 2011-10-18T11:01:07Z He was poet laureate of the United States. Mark Strand, a revelatory poet of love and death 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Fights and walk-outs dominate the show, with even the mild-mannered former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion eventually losing his rag. Tonight's TV highlights: Great British Food Revival 2011-03-16T00:05:01Z The poet laureate serves a two-year term and is asked to perform public readings, undertake a significant cultural project and engage civic leaders on the subject of poetry and creative writing. Help wanted: Next California poet laureate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z It was taught by Robert Hass, who later became the poet laureate of the United States. Lucia Perillo, Whose Illness Shaped Her Poetry, Dies at 58 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The most surprising thing about Mr. Merwin’s selection as poet laureate of the United States is that he hasn’t held the position before. Books: Hawaii and Nature Are Inspirations for W. S. Merwin 2010-07-01T02:20:00Z This fall, she begins a one-year term as U.S. poet laureate. Poet laureate Natasha Trethewey working on memoir 2012-07-02T16:51:15Z “I thought coupling the Republic’s poet laureate and America’s balladeer was a unique invitation to young and old audiences,” Ostrow added in a recent email. Bob Dylan’s First Musical Had a Devil of a Time 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z California's first poet laureate took the position a century ago, in 1915. Help wanted: Next California poet laureate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z As poet laureate, Jones will advocate for poetry and writing in general during lectures and appearances at schools, libraries and other institutions. Alabama governor honors state’s first Black poet laureate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z She is also a former U.S. poet laureate. Hayes and Trethewey receive Bobbitt poetry awards 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing” won the National Book Award for fiction in 2017, the same year that another African-American writer, Tracy K. Smith, was named U.S. poet laureate. Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Signals Hip-Hop’s Growing Cultural Clout 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z These pages clearly demonstrate why Trethewey, whose honors include the Pulitzer Prize and two terms as poet laureate of the United States, is one of our preeminent poets. Review | These new voices in poetry should make us sit up and listen 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z We met for tea and coffee at a busy cafe on the edge of downtown near the UC Davis campus to talk about his first year as California’s poet laureate. From high schools to prison: Why California's poet laureate is always on the road 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Glück was the US poet laureate from 2003 to 2004 and most recently worked as a professor of English at Yale University and a professor of poetry at Stanford University. Louise Glück, poet and Nobel laureate, dies at 80 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The film captured the city’s most explosive bands tearing up their stages and flophouses, making Spheeris the poet laureate of disenchanted young Los Angeles. Looking for more concert films post 'Eras Tour'? Our writers pick their all-time favorites 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z She was the U.S. poet laureate in 2003-2004 and was awarded a National Humanities Medal in 2015 for her “decades of powerful lyric poetry that defies all attempts to label it definitively.” Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The Bart’s Books staff also recommends checking out the shop’s calendar — upcoming events include a poetry reading from poet laureate Lee Herrick on Sept. 2. The untold story of California's most iconic outdoor bookshop 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z So how does the California poet laureate decide where to go? From high schools to prison: Why California's poet laureate is always on the road 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z In 1993, in her early 40s, she became the youngest person at the time appointed U.S. poet laureate and the first Black writer to hold the position. Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z This San Francisco working-class boy was taken under the wing of a librarian named Ina Coolbrith — who became the state’s first poet laureate. Patt Morrison: How California got its good name — a 1500s novel and scores of fascinating people 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z The Bart’s Books staff also recommends checking out the shop’s calendar — upcoming events include a poetry reading from poet laureate Lee Herrick, on Sept. 2. The untold story of California's most iconic outdoor bookshop 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Some of the greatest English poets of the 20th Century were ruled out by Downing Street as candidates for poet laureate, government files reveal. No 10 turned down Larkin, Auden and other poets for laureate job 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The office of the California poet laureate receives assistance from the California Arts Council to help manage the logistics of Herrick’s rock star travel schedule. From high schools to prison: Why California's poet laureate is always on the road 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z In 2008, when the Poetry Foundation awarded her a two-year appointment as young people’s poet laureate, a writer for the foundation described her as “a consummate channeler of children’s sensibilities.” This week’s passages 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z L.A.’s rich cultural history is alive through the life and work of the city’s unofficial poet laureate. The day Martin Luther King and James Baldwin came to Beverly Hills 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Gorman, the nation's first youth poet laureate, admonished the school's decision and the nationwide rise of campaigns to ban literature in schools in a statement shared to Instagram and Twitter Tuesday evening. Fla. school yanks Amanda Gorman poem over complaint from one parent who "confused" her with “Oprah" 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z It was the middle of the so-called "swinging '60s" and the idea of a poet laureate seemed archaic to many. No 10 turned down Larkin, Auden and other poets for laureate job 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z But with all the travel that Herrick has been doing as California poet laureate, has he had time to work on his own writing? From high schools to prison: Why California's poet laureate is always on the road 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z This summer, the poet laureate of Mexican pop will embark on a 40-date solo run, which includes a stop at BMO Stadium. The 25 concerts we can't wait to see this summer 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Geddy Lee, the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Rush, called him “our poet laureate.” Gordon Lightfoot, hit-making Canadian singer-songwriter, dies at 84 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Ada Limón has been appointed to a second term as U.S. poet laureate and has numerous projects in the works, including a poem for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. Ada Limón reappointed as US poet laureate 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Harold Wilson agreed, but he wanted Hewitt to explore the possibility of appointing additional poets laureate for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. No 10 turned down Larkin, Auden and other poets for laureate job 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z When California’s new poet laureate, Lee Herrick, recited “My California,” his best-known work, from the poetry stage, the stanzas had a hypnotic effect on the throngs. Big names and big dreams dominate second day of L.A. Times Festival of Books 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The first national youth poet laureate of the United States, Gorman was our April book club author. Sign up for the Los Angeles Times Book Club 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z With apologies to Lynne Thompson, the late Times food critic Jonathan Gold will always be our poet laureate. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Essays 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “It corrals the mundane and the serious into a single tight space, which is what life feels like,” former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith once said of Foster’s work. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Poetry 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z A former Los Angeles poet laureate has become an essential Southern California voice. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Life Stories 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “I’m honored and humbled to represent my tribe. They are and always will be my inspiration,” Lajimodiere said in an interview, following a bipartisan confirmation of her two-year term as poet laureate on Wednesday. Chippewa woman makes history as North Dakota poet laureate 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Honorary awards were presented to former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo for lifetime achievement, and Jennifer Wilson for excellence in reviewing. Ling Ma, Beverly Gage among authors honored by book critics 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “Scott was just so present, and then he exterminated himself,” says Dana Gioia, former California poet laureate and a friend of Timberg for many years. Scott Timberg was a culture evangelist. Why his work lives on 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The Oklahoma City-based citizen of the Chickasaw Nation’s composition is an opus based on the poem of the same name by Rena Priest, Washington state’s poet laureate. How a work by WA’s poet laureate is inspiring a new composition 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Claudia Castro Luna served as the poet laureate of Washington state. How the Salvadoran diaspora became a literary juggernaut 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Lajimodiere, an educator who earned her doctorate degree from the University of North Dakota, said she plans to leverage her role as poet laureate to hold workshops with Native students around the state. Chippewa woman makes history as North Dakota poet laureate 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z And it only stands to reason that the poet laureate/philosopher king of the NFL, Marshawn Lynch, provided the best perspective. Seahawks rising again, but Sunday’s Super Bowl provided grim reminder 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z As governor, Mills served on a committee that selected the state’s current poet laureate, Julia Bouwsma. and she restored poetry to inaugurations. Poetic politician: Maine governor’s skills include verse 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z As Maryland’s poet laureate, Ms. Pastan declined to write official poems for grand occasions. Linda Pastan, poet of concentrated beauty, dies at 90 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo has won an honorary award for lifetime achievement. Percival Everett, Ling Ma among nominees for critics prizes 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “It’s an incredible honor to be the first Asian American California poet laureate,” he said. Oil Drilled in the Amazon Rainforest Ends Up in California 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “He’s very hard to describe, and that’s a great tribute to him,” James H. Billington, then the librarian of Congress, told the New York Times after appointing him poet laureate in 2007. Charles Simic, poet laureate of the surreal, dies at 84 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The former U.S. poet laureate Charles Simic filled his work with ironic humor and startling metaphors. Cinema Studies 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Lewis’ debut poetry collection, “The Voyage of the Sable Venus,” won the 2015 National Book Award, and she was the poet laureate of the City of Los Angeles from 2017 to 2020. This photo of a busy intersection in Downtown L.A. is a meditation on infinity 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Instead, here are some from California’s newest poet laureate, Lee Herrick, whose work speaks to our flaws, and also our boundless aspiration to build lives of autonomy and promise. Column: California takes the lead on hate. That's a good thing. Someone has to 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z California’s new poet laureate, Lee Herrick, is a community college teacher from Fresno. Exploring a Plan to Remake the L.A. River 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z She would not have liked this poet laureate business.” Charles Simic, poet laureate of the surreal, dies at 84 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Formerly Fresno’s poet laureate, he teaches at Fresno City College and in the MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Lee Herrick, a writer-professor from Fresno, is chosen as California poet laureate 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Ada Limón, the national poet laureate and University of Washington alumna, spoke to The Seattle Times Education Lab about why young people should be reading and writing poetry. A Q&A with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, he was named New Jersey’s first poet laureate, in 2000, and inadvertently helped bring about the position’s speedy demise. Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z “Lee’s dedication to highlighting the diverse experiences of Californians, and making them so accessible through his poetry, makes him a perfect candidate for poet laureate,” Newsom said in a statement on Friday. Exploring a Plan to Remake the L.A. River 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z This, along with his dour view of cities, led to some funereal descriptions of Davis in the press, where he was dubbed L.A.'s “dark prophet” and the “poet laureate of pessimism.” Mike Davis, 'City of Quartz' author who chronicled the forces that shaped L.A., dies 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “The Jews of the South have found their poet laureate,” the Israeli statesman and diplomat Abba Eban was said to have remarked of Mr. Evans. Eli Evans, ‘poet laureate’ of the Jews of the South, dies at 85 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Forever the poet laureate of baseball who always made us feel like we were 10 years old again. Letters to Sports: It's time for readers' Vin Scully memories 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z “He was Los Angeles, the sound of summer, the poet laureate of the Dodgers.” Californians Remember Vin Scully 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z And not just because he was the poet laureate of his sport, but because he always felt like a friend — a man you knew simply as “Vin.” No matter your rooting interest, we all can agree that Vin Scully was the best 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z As 21st century Dorothy Moy, “Washington’s former poet laureate,” undergoes treatment from a Native American doctor, she reconnects with her ancestors and their struggles to give strength to her young daughter. 10 books to add to your reading list in August 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Harjo, 71, was the first Native American to serve as poet laureate. Joy Harjo picture book ‘Remember’ to come out next year 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Poet laureate: Ada Limón, a California native, has been named the next poet laureate of the United States. California Becomes First State to Move Back School Start Times 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z She was named the 24th poet laureate of the United States on Tuesday. Ada Limón is the next U.S. poet laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that the 46-year-old Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate, officially called the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Ada Limón named the 24th U.S. poet laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Another official read a poem called “Listen” from Annapolis poet laureate Maggie Benshaw: “When we heard of another tragedy tears welled in our eyes. Will they stand up this time and hear our cries?” Four years later, Annapolis remembers Capital Gazette shooting victims 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Birmingham's diversity and rich heritage have been celebrated in a new work by the city's poet laureate, Casey Bailey. Dear Brum: A love letter penned by the city's poet laureate 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z In page after page, you can hear Mottley’s precocious work as a poet, first recognized by the Oakland Public Library that named her Oakland’s youth poet laureate in 2018. Review | Oprah’s latest book club pick: ‘Nightcrawling,’ by Leila Mottley 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Limón assumes the role of poet laureate with two primary intentions: to use poetry to help people reclaim their humanity and to repair their relationship with the natural world. Ada Limón is the next U.S. poet laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Mottley was 16 when she served as Oakland’s youth poet laureate and wrote the first chapter of her debut novel. "I have a lot of time": Oakland poet-novelist phenom Leila Mottley, 19, has just begun 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Luis, former poet laureate of Los Angeles and award-winning author of books including “Always Running,” and Trini have devoted themselves to fighting the forces that have led to growing inequality. I drove all over L.A. talking to voters. They aren't happy and want change 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z When Tracy K. Smith, the former poet laureate of the United States, first heard of the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, her immediate reaction was anger and rage against “these monstrous people.” The Arrow in America’s Heart 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Influential US sportswriter and reporter Roger Angell, often described as the poet laureate of baseball, has died at the age of 101. Roger Angell: Baseball's reluctant poet laureate dies at 101 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The poet laureate runs an annual lecture and spotlights emerging and established poets in the Library of Congress’s poetry series, the oldest in the Washington area. Ada Limón is the next U.S. poet laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Mottley has always known how to write, but it was only after becoming a poet laureate, she says, that she learned how to write write — to write, in other words, for herself. "I have a lot of time": Oakland poet-novelist phenom Leila Mottley, 19, has just begun 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Angell was sometimes referred to as baseball’s poet laureate, a title he rejected. Roger Angell, Who Wrote About Baseball With Passion, Dies at 101 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The difference has been noted in Buffalo, said Jillian Hanesworth, 29, the city’s poet laureate and director of leadership development at Open Buffalo, a nonprofit focused on social justice and community development. Handling of Buffalo suspect spurs talk of uneven restraint 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z “A lot of people who talk about Buffalo don’t live here,” said Hanesworth, the city’s poet laureate and director of leadership development at Open Buffalo, a nonprofit focused on social justice and community development. Buffalo shooting leaves neighborhood without a grocery store 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Limón will serve a one-year term and succeeds Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate, who served three terms. Ada Limón is the next U.S. poet laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Country Fair This monthlong series continues and includes an afternoon of outdoor readings by poets laureate from cities across SoCal, curated by Pomona’s own poet laureate, David Judah Oliver. Six picks for your L.A. weekend: ‘Our Town,’ a timely opera, salsa music and more 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z And there is a reading nook, with books curated by Tulsa native Joyce Harjo, U.S. poet laureate and the center’s inaugural artist-in-residence. In Tulsa, the new Bob Dylan museum reconsiders the legacies of an icon and a city 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The United States’ first national youth poet laureate, 24-year-old Gorman casts a generous, restorative light in “Call Us What We Carry.” How growing up in L.A. shaped Amanda Gorman's poetry 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z My daughter sent me a poem this week called “The Catch,” by Simon Armitage, the poet laureate of the United Kingdom. A Season That Seemed Out of Reach Lands Safely in Our Gloves 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Gorman joins book club readers on April 23 at the Festival of Books, where she will be in conversation with Orange County poet laureate Natalie J. Graham. How to Watch Reyna Grande discuss 'A Ballad of Love and Glory' 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Among those people watching the scenes unfold in Ottawa is one of the city’s two poet laureates, Albert Dumont. Baffled by the Chaos in Canada? So Are Canadians. 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z We also enlisted naturalists, scientists, and even disc jockeys and our state poet laureate, who help bring the focus back to that bond between humans and the natural world. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z He was named Minnesota’s first poet laureate two years later. Robert Bly, poet who inspired men's movement and backlash, dies 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z I reviewed “Abracadabra,” declaring the writer a poet laureate of Los Angeles. Op-Ed: You may not know his name, but for me Eric Priestley was a poet laureate of L.A. 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z “I like to think of a new year being possible at any moment, as every moment is a kind of doorway,” said Joy Harjo, the United States poet laureate. How We Make Sense of Time 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Academy of American Poets: Joy Harjo, the U.S. poet laureate, says: “Without poetry, we lose our way.” Perspective | Ask Amy: This year, those who have, should give 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z He was named Minnesota’s poet laureate two years later. Robert Bly, poet who inspired men's movement and backlash, dies 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Jones, a native of Birmingham, was recently named Alabama’s poet laureate, a position she will hold from 2022 to 2026. Alabama’s Next Poet Laureate Writes Searingly About Race 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Yet it was Sterling who gained the patronage of the famous writer Ambrose Bierce, Sterling who was named the poet laureate of San Francisco. How a scholar unearthed the cyanide love triangle that toppled a California arts colony 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Similarly, Jaki Shelton Green, the poet laureate of North Carolina, found that “the ocean has always called to my body and spirit in seasons of distress or physical illness.” Perspective | Visit ‘therapeutic landscapes’ to ease your woes. Why watery locales are healing. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Retired from a career in technology, Sánchez is currently the poet laureate of the city of Redmond. Making room at home for your creative pursuits | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The road to being a youth poet laureate is a long one, at least in the timespan of teenager. Meet Amanda Gorman's California successor as youth poet laureate: Alexandra Huynh 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Being named poet laureate is an exciting and complicated accomplishment for Ms. Jones, who has wanted to be a poet since she was a child. Alabama’s Next Poet Laureate Writes Searingly About Race 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And it has been immortalised by poet laureate Simon Armitage, who described it as "one of those monumental locations on the surface of the planet... a landmark in every sense of the word". Humber Bridge marks 40th anniversary 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z In January, the M.T.A. honored workers with digital displays in subway stations that showed portraits of fallen workers accompanied by a poem, “Travels Far,” by Tracy K. Smith, the nation’s former poet laureate. Essential New York Workers Honor Colleagues Killed by Covid-19 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z “California has been a magical landscape for the rest of the world,” said Dana Gioia, former poet laureate for the state. Has the Golden State lost its luster? California population shrinks for first time ever 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The youth poet laureate program was launched in New York City by the literary arts organization Urban Word in 2008. Meet Amanda Gorman's California successor as youth poet laureate: Alexandra Huynh 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z And then I was like, “Wait, there are no poet jobs except, like, poet laureate.” Ziwe is here to revolutionize late night. Even better if it makes you uncomfortable 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The commission said the poet laureate creates and reads poetry at state occasions, promotes literacy and represents the state’s cultural heritage. Catherine Pierce named new Mississippi poet laureate 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z So, she hesitated when the city called for applications for a new poet laureate. Annapolis picks creative writing teacher as poet laureate 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Applying for the poet laureate position “was really kind of delightful,” Priest said. New Washington state poet laureate aims to celebrate poetry in Indigenous communities 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z When “Weird Al” Yankovic was about 12, he discovered the man known as the poet laureate of Mad magazine — or, in the publication’s affectionately self-deprecating language, the “Poet Lauridiot.” Remembering Frank Jacobs, the ‘poet lauridiot’ of Mad magazine who inspired comics like ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z In 1997, Allen Ginsberg, the counterculture guru who shattered conventions as poet laureate of the Beat Generation, died in New York City at age 70. Today in History 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Priest to be the state’s sixth poet laureate, the Washington State Arts Commission and Humanities Washington announced Thursday. First Native American poet laureate appointed in WA 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z “To me, when I think of a poet laureate, they are published,” she said. Annapolis picks creative writing teacher as poet laureate 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Harjo, named the 23rd poet laureate of the U.S. in 2019, is the first Native American to hold the position, the university said in a news release. Emory library to host online reading by poet laureate 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Gorman, who attended the New Roads School in Santa Monica, became the first youth poet laureate of Los Angeles when she was 16. Amanda Gorman, inaugural poet, says security guard questioned if she lived in her own building 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z So goes a verse from “Red Jasper” by Lynne Thompson, the new poet laureate of Los Angeles. Native Angeleno Lynne Thompson is L.A.’s 2021 poet laureate 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Priest succeeds Claudia Castro Luna, the current poet laureate and a Seattle resident. First Native American poet laureate appointed in WA 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z In 1998 he was named the first poet laureate of San Francisco; in 2005 the National Book Foundation cited his “tireless work on behalf of poets and the entire literary community for over 50 years.” Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet Who Nurtured the Beats, Dies at 101 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z San Francisco’s first poet laureate in 1998, Ferlinghetti was an advocate of poetry as an oral tradition who read his own work with artful vigor. Lawrence Ferlinghetti—the San Francisco poet, publisher and bookseller—has died 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z She was recognized as a national youth poet laureate three years later while studying at Harvard University. Amanda Gorman, inaugural poet, says security guard questioned if she lived in her own building 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In the news release, Thompson said she is “humbled and honored” to be named L.A.'s new poet laureate. Native Angeleno Lynne Thompson is L.A.’s 2021 poet laureate 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z One of her main goals as poet laureate will be to celebrate poetry in tribal communities in the state. First Native American poet laureate appointed in WA 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z In August, we brought you Tammi Truax, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, poet laureate who writes weekly pandemic verses for her community newsletter. What kindness brought to folks featured in ‘One Good Thing’ 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z As a signature project as poet laureate, Harjo created a website called “Living Nations, Living Words.” U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo to address Smith graduates 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z In the English version of “Dear Leader,” for example, Mr. Jang describes himself as a North Korean “poet laureate,” but fellow defectors have privately doubted for years that he ever held such a title. He Calls Himself ‘North Korea’s Poet Laureate.’ Two Women Call Him a Rapist. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z By failing to fill the poet laureate position, the administration is wasting a significant funding opportunity. Opinion | D.C. needs a poet laureate 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Kelly Hamilton, 51, is the first African American to hold the title and for this year will pull double duty as poet laureate for the city of Milwaukee. Wisconsin poet laureate looks to use her skills for healing 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The poet laureate of Athens will read at public ceremonial events such as the swearing-in of elected officials. Georgia county seeks official poet laureate 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z The tribute features photos of the fallen transit workers accompanied by a poem titled “Travels Far” by former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith. Video tribute honors 136 transit employees lost to COVID-19 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z “I have never said with my own mouth that I was a North Korean poet laureate,” he said, contradicting his own memoir. He Calls Himself ‘North Korea’s Poet Laureate.’ Two Women Call Him a Rapist. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Spoken-word poetry is also quite popular among the young people whom one might expect a youth poet laureate to reach. Perspective | What made Amanda Gorman's poem so much better than other inaugural verse 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Just over a year ago, he was asked to be Chapel Hill’s first poet laureate, which gave him new avenues to reach and teach others, and to be “canvas, artist and medium.” ‘In the Aftermath’ of COVID: NC poet finds strength, hope 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z The national youth poet laureate read her galvanizing poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,’ just after Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president. Poet Amanda Gorman leaves CNN's Anderson Cooper 'transfixed' by her personal mantra 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z The youth poet laureate was turning heads before her reading even began. Inauguration coats: Where Ella Emhoff, Amanda Gorman and more got their looks 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The writer and performer became the country's first national youth poet laureate in 2017. Bernie Sanders' mittens and other inauguration moments you may have missed 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z A Black native of Los Angeles, she was named the first national youth poet laureate in 2017, at age 19. Perspective | What made Amanda Gorman's poem so much better than other inaugural verse 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Three years later, while studying sociology at Harvard, she became the first national youth poet laureate. Amanda Gorman: Meet Joe Biden's 22-year-old inauguration poet 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The poet, who was named America’s first national youth poet laureate in 2017, wrote a poem for inauguration called “The Hill We Climb.” Celebrities avoided Trump and D.C. for years. Here are the stars returning for Biden’s inauguration. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Wednesday’s star-spangled events will see a variety of celebrities — including actors, actresses, musicians, TikTok stars and a national youth poet laureate — sprinkled throughout a long day of virtual patriotic programming. Here are all the celebrities participating in Biden's Hollywood-heavy inauguration 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Gorman, all of 22, became the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles at age 16 in 2014 and the first national youth poet laureate three years later. 'Make the dream exist.' How L.A.’s Amanda Gorman became Biden's inauguration poet 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z I’m the poet laureate of Mississippi, a fact she’s proud of, and, I suppose, wanted to get right when bragging to friends or frenemies. Perspective | As the pandemic raged, my independent mother’s memory worsened, her isolation increased — and I was far away 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Similarly, Virginia’s poet laureate, Luisa A. Igloria, recalled the toppling of Confederate monuments in the racial reckoning of the summer and gave thanks “for the thousand-thousand bodies / marching in the hearts of grieving, / inflamed cities.” Verses vs. Virus: What These Poets Laureate Are Thankful For 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z In 2009, she was named poet laureate of her adopted hometown. Diane di Prima, feminist poet and Beat generation force, dies at 86 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z There’s a poem in this inauguration courtesy of Gorman, the first national youth poet laureate. Here are all the celebrities participating in Biden's Hollywood-heavy inauguration 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The Seattle Public Library and Chief Seattle Club will host a discussion of U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo’s “An American Sunrise” from 12:30 to 1 p.m. What’s happening in the Seattle area Oct. 16-29: Diwali: Lights of India Festival, Georgetown Morgue and more 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The grounds and hotel’s interior were inspired by the writings of Don Blanding, the state’s unofficial poet laureate known for capturing Hawaii’s peaceful and vibrant beauty during the 1920s and 1930s. Devastated by lockdowns, Hawaii’s struggling tourism industry pins its hopes on the first signs of reopening 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z “After many and much / have been taken from us, we gather what remains / like hallowed guests at our otherwise empty table,” explained Kevin Stein, the last Illinois poet laureate, who was succeeded by Angela Jackson. Verses vs. Virus: What These Poets Laureate Are Thankful For 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z A professor at Yale and a resident of Cambridge, Mass., Gluck served as U.S. poet laureate from 2003 to 2004 and is no stranger to accolades. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Gluck wins Nobel Prize in literature 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Watch Los Angeles poet laureate Robin Coste Lewis and seven other poets share their experiences in verse with Times readers. Watch 'Black Poets in a Time of Unrest' live 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Robin Coste Lewis, the outgoing poet laureate of Los Angeles, doesn’t mince words with her college students. L.A.'s poet laureate isn't mincing words: 'The world's on fire. We're just trying to survive.' 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z “She has not only risen to the occasion by providing a poem, she is also teaching Portsmouth about poetry, which is part of her role as poet laureate,” Ms. Seacord said. A New Hampshire Poet Laureate Lifts Her City’s Covid-19 Advisories 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Last week, we asked poets laureate across the country why the people in their states would be thankful. Verses vs. Virus: What These Poets Laureate Are Thankful For 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Tammi Truax, the city’s poet laureate, has been contributing to the newsletters since early April, elevating the collection of public health updates and community resources with a layer of emotion and introspection. Weekly poems elevate New Hampshire city’s virus newsletters 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Tracy K. Smith served as U.S. poet laureate from 2017-19 and teaches at Princeton University. Poem: Beatific 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “I can’t tell you the great abyss of grace that I fell into,” Lewis said about becoming the city’s poet laureate, “and I’m still swimming around in the honor of it all.” L.A.'s poet laureate isn't mincing words: 'The world's on fire. We're just trying to survive.' 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z In Portsmouth, the poet laureate serves a two-year term. A New Hampshire Poet Laureate Lifts Her City’s Covid-19 Advisories 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Oregon’s poet laureate, Anis Mojgani, was grateful, too, “for the earth still / having not released us.” Verses vs. Virus: What These Poets Laureate Are Thankful For 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z As onetime national poet laureate Maya Angelou wrote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z “The fox is a little flash of beauty and resourcefulness,” said Mr. Moritz, the poet laureate. Toronto Was Obeying Social Distance Rules. Then Came Adorable Baby Foxes. 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z But her many obligations made the time she spent in her role as poet laureate all the sweeter. L.A.'s poet laureate isn't mincing words: 'The world's on fire. We're just trying to survive.' 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z “Each week I have just been writing about what has been on my mind,” said Ms. Truax, who is also the current Maine beat poet laureate, adding that she writes the poems on Saturdays. A New Hampshire Poet Laureate Lifts Her City’s Covid-19 Advisories 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “It’s not hard for Californians to know whom to thank in 2020,” wrote the state’s most recent poet laureate, Dana Gioia. Verses vs. Virus: What These Poets Laureate Are Thankful For 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Other projects also include the former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy leading poets in responding to the pandemic in verse and actor Patrick Stewart reading a Shakespeare sonnet every day online. William Wordsworth's 250th anniversary marked with mass readings 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “They are full of courage, full of wit, full of resource and unremitting effort to survive,” said Al Moritz, Toronto’s poet laureate. Toronto Was Obeying Social Distance Rules. Then Came Adorable Baby Foxes. 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Once, during my first year as LA’s poet laureate, I took part with several poets of all colors in reading poems by black writers in response to Black Lives Matter. Does poetry matter? L.A.'s former poet-in-chief Luis J. Rodriguez explains why it's life changing 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The poems, written by Tammi J. Truax, the city’s poet laureate, help offset the gloom of the pandemic while giving residents a chance to pause briefly and reflect on something other than the virus. A New Hampshire Poet Laureate Lifts Her City’s Covid-19 Advisories 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z The last full-time poet to hold that job, Diane Raptosh, who has also served as poet laureate of Boise, offered that state’s poem. Verses vs. Virus: What These Poets Laureate Are Thankful For 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z The bilingual Spanish-English poet was named as the state’s inaugural poet laureate. Focus turns to Latino authors amid ‘American Dirt’ debate 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z The bilingual Spanish-English poet was named as the state’s inaugural poet laureate. Focus turns to Latino authors amid ‘American Dirt’ debate 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Confusion aside, I felt it was about time “poet laureate” became a household term. Does poetry matter? L.A.'s former poet-in-chief Luis J. Rodriguez explains why it's life changing 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The state known for corn and soybeans, its gas station pizza and life-size butter cow conjures stereotypes, said Mary Swander, one of Iowa’s former poet laureates. The Graying of the American Economy Is On Display in Iowa 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Forbes called him “the de-facto poet laureate of corporate America,” which can sound a little like faint praise depending on your views of art and poetry. From the Beastie Boys to Michelle Obama, here's your Grammys audiobook playlist 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The Indiana Arts Commission says Matthew Graham of Evansville began his two-year term as state poet laureate on Wednesday. University of Southern Indiana prof named poet laureate 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The book club’s February pick is “From Our Land to Our Land” by Los Angeles author and former poet laureate Luis J. Rodriguez. Newsletter: Book club begins 2020 with Ocean Vuong's 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous' 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Claudia Castro Luna, a Salvadoran American, served as Seattle’s poet laureate and later held the same post for Washington state. Does poetry matter? L.A.'s former poet-in-chief Luis J. Rodriguez explains why it's life changing 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Tennyson had been named poet laureate in 1850 by Queen Victoria. What’s the good news? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Executive director Sally Carruthers said she was "delighted" to be working with the poet laureate on "such a meaningful and generous project". Poet laureate Armitage launches 'ecopoetry' award 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z His duties as poet laureate will include making public appearances at poetry readings or literary events and promoting poetry, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. University of Southern Indiana prof named poet laureate 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The poet laureate is picked every four years and serves as the state’s ambassador for the art of poetry, participating in ceremonies and readings in Vermont and nationwide. Mary Ruefle appointed Vermont’s poet laureate 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The United States now has more poet laureates than ever before. Does poetry matter? L.A.'s former poet-in-chief Luis J. Rodriguez explains why it's life changing 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The book boosted Tennyson’s reputation, and in 1850 Queen Victoria named him poet laureate. What’s the good news? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Danusha Laméris is poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, Calif. Her next book, “Bonfire Opera,” will be published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Poem: Small Kindnesses 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The author started out as the “poet laureate of Twitter”; her language is brilliant, and she has a completely original mind. The 100 best books of the 21st century 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z In an interview, the 65-year-old former L.A. poet laureate talked about the continuing relevance of his memoir and the challenge of turning his story into live drama. Q&A: Why Luis J. Rodriguez is reviving 'Always Running' as a live show 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Back in a June he was criticized after saying in a Chicago speech, “That kid wearing a hoodie may very well be the next poet laureate and not a gangbanger.” Biden once saw diversity as 'poppycock,' lamented US lack of unifying ethnicity 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z A celebrated poet in addition to a singer-songwriter, Mr. Berman released a 1999 collection, “Actual Air,” that drew praise from writers including Billy Collins, the former poet laureate of the United States. David Berman, indie-rock poet and singer for Silver Jews, dies at 52 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Beloved as a songwriter, Berman was also a notable poet whose only published work, “Actual Air,” earned back-cover blurbs from poets James Tate and former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins. David Berman, acclaimed indie-rock singer-songwriter and poet, dies at 52 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Printing begins at 2:15 p.m. and trophies will be awarded by Washington state poet laureate and SVC designer in residence Claudia Castro Luna at 7:45 p.m. Weekend Highlight: Festivals roll into Seattle, North Bend and Auburn this weekend 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Daniel Thomas Moran, a retired dentist and former poet laureate of Suffolk county, New York, was never formally nominated for the New Hampshire post. 'Offensive' poem about Condoleezza Rice stokes New Hampshire verse rift 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z He said he envisioned a society in which everyone realizes the "kid in the hoodie might be the next poet laureate and not a gangbanger." Kamala Harris boasts $2M post-debate haul, as Biden has new stumble on race 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Decades later, the next-best thing happened to the former Illinois State history professor and Champaign resident, who recently was introduced as the city of Urbana’s first-ever poet laureate. EXCHANGE: New poet laureate already putting pen to paper 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Harjo said winning the Jackson Poetry Prize and being appointed as U.S. poet laureate demonstrate the need for poets to persevere. Joy Harjo appointed U.S. poet laureate, first Native American to hold the title 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Adding to the import of the tour was the presence of Allen Ginsberg, the counterculture’s poet laureate. Bob Dylan, jailhouse phone calls and a movie from hell: My life with the Rolling Thunder Revue 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The Providence Journal reports that Christopher Johnson, of Providence, a spoken-word artist and former state poet laureate candidate, is seeking unspecified damages and the firing of the officer. Rhode Island poet sues Providence, police officer 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Hall, who published more than 50 books, from poetry and drama to biography and memoirs, was the nation’s poet laureate from 2006-2007. Poet Donald Hall’s farmhouse bought, goal is preservation 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy presents a series of poems, by herself and others, commissioned in response to the global threat to insect populations. Daily briefing: An asteroid is NOT about to hit Earth 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The 65-year-old Green is North Carolina’s first black state poet laureate. N Carolina’s poet laureate receives national award of $75K 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z For L.A.’s poet laureate Robin Coste Lewis, winning a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship means winning the time to focus solely on her writing. Guggenheim fellowship 2019: Robin Coste Lewis and Catherine Opie among 20 SoCal winners 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The Kentucky Arts Council said in a news release the governor appoints a poet laureate in odd-numbered years to a two-year term. Writer Jeff Worley appointed Kentucky poet laureate 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He was chosen the country’s poet laureate in 2010 and served a single one-year term. W.S. Merwin, prize-winning poet of nature, dies at 91 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Ella Rhoads Higginson, who later became the first poet laureate of Washington, wrote of greed eroding the beauty of her state in the 1890s. Laments over unbridled growth in our beloved Northwest are nothing new 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, is leading the way with a newly commissioned poem, which explores relationships between trees and humanity. Paying tribute to the nation's forests 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a former poet laureate of the United States. Poem: Dark 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The poet laureate serves as the state’s literary ambassador, leading the state in literary activities and events through the term. Writer Jeff Worley appointed Kentucky poet laureate 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z New Zealander Bill Manhire is the undeclared poet laureate of the Antarctic. Disasters, drudgery and dreams of jam: the best books to explore the Antarctic 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z However up-to-date this heartfelt lament seems, it was written in an 1892 essay titled “The New West” by the Northwest’s own author Ella Rhoads Higginson, who later became the first poet laureate of Washington. Laments over unbridled growth in our beloved Northwest are nothing new 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z She says she wants to establish a youth poet laureate program, among other things. Porsha Olayiwola named Boston’s poet laureate 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Hall, who died in June, is a former poet laureate of the United States and a recipient of the 2010 National Medal of the Arts. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to visit New Hampshire 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Tracy K. Smith is the current poet laureate of the United States. Poem: A Man’s World 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Writer and dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah has ruled himself out of becoming the next poet laureate, saying he has "absolutely no interest" in the role. Zephaniah rules out being poet laureate 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Tyson — astrophysicist, sonorous TV host, poet laureate of the sky — was attending a symposium of the nonprofit Space Foundation, which promotes space exploration. Review | Tracing tensions between astronomers and the military 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “Despite the greatest creation of wealth in human history, the Bay Area has become in some ways less friendly to the arts,” says Gioia, now the state’s poet laureate. The 2008 economic crash hit L.A.'s cultural institutions hard. 10 years later, many are bouncing back — and thriving - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z After Plath’s death, Hughes raised their two children, remarried, became the British poet laureate, and, for the most part, kept his silence about Plath. Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z At Faber, there was nothing but the highest optimism about a new book on Shakespeare by the poet laureate. How Shakespeare's 'blood cult’ became Ted Hughes’s fatal obsession 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z "I have never wanted to be poet laureate," she told The Guardian in 2008. Zephaniah rules out being poet laureate 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z In 1892, British poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson died in Surrey, England, at age 83. Today in History 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Nelson is the poet laureate of the guy in the parking lot; the girl, too. Willie Nelson: 'I don’t believe in closing the border. We have a statue that says: Y’all come in' 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z They say Earl Woods was a poet laureate of profanity, that he knew so many curse words that he could cuss for 30 minutes straight and not repeat himself once. Comeback king Tiger Woods delivers vindication of father’s tough love | Andy Bull 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z In the Independent, the poet Lachlan MacKinnon declared the book to be “egregious twaddle. The poet laureate has written a barmy book in which his project of making Shakespeare a writer of mythic significance fails.” How Shakespeare's 'blood cult’ became Ted Hughes’s fatal obsession 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z A 15-strong advisory panel will put forward a shortlist for the next poet laureate to the culture secretary and prime minister, who will then recommend one name to the Queen. Zephaniah rules out being poet laureate 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The National Book Foundation announced Thursday that Trethewey, a former U.S. poet laureate, was chosen for “Monument: Poems New and Selected” and Armantrout for “Wobble.” Poets Tretheway, Hayes on National Book Awards longlist 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate of the United States. Hold your breath: a song of climate change 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z |
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