The City of Newark has launched its inaugural Poet Laureate program, Mayor Ras Baraka announced on Tuesday.

The City of Newark has just announced that it is accepting applications for its inaugural Poet Laureate for a 2-year term ...

Mayor: “Verse and spoken word is in our blood – and I am proud that Newark is adding this program as a heartbeat at our ...

And Newark was lucky enough to have two ... bit establishment — at least to the extent of becoming New Jersey's poet laureate in 2002 (though his career was brief and contentious).