The poet laureate will organize and lead poetry activities, attend area literary events, and perform at government, civic and ...

The Tompkins County Legislature appointed Dan Rosenberg as the county’s Poet Laureate on Tuesday evening. Rosenberg is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at Cornell University and resides in Ithaca with his ...

The Town of Carrboro has selected Amanda Bennett to be its ninth poet laureate. She will be the first Black woman to serve in ...

Arthur Sze, the national poet laureate appointed by the Library of Congress last month, visited Queens College, in Flushing, for a poetry reading on Dec. 8.

Brockton's new poet laureates will be introduced during a public reading at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. The event will be held ...

Create Birmingham has announced a literary initiative led by Birmingham’s inaugural poet laureate Salaam Green. The ...

Reading to a full audience in Central Michigan University’s Opperman Auditorium, Poet Laureate Nandi Comer delighted the crowd with her poems and answered several questions about her writing process ...

The Minneapolis Arts and Cultural Affairs Department and the Loft Literary Center are partnering to choose Minneapolis’ 2025-2026 Poet Laureate. Whoever is chosen will become the second Poet Laureate ...

'Verse and spoken word is in our blood – and I am proud that Newark is adding this Poet Laureate program as a heartbeat at our center,' said Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Newark, New Jersey, is looking for ...

Celebrated poet, author and Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson died on Monday morning after being diagnosed with cancer ...

The city of Eureka, in partnership with Ink People Center for the Arts, has announced that Eureka Poet Laureate Program applications are being accepted. This program brings new people and perspectives ...

Arlington County is seeking its official Poet Laureate for the 2025-2027 term. The poet selected as Arlington’s next poet laureate will serve as an advocate for poetry and the literary arts, and will ...