Newark Starts Search For Its First-Ever Poet Laureate
The City of Newark has just announced that it is accepting applications for its inaugural Poet Laureate for a 2-year term ...
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Poet wanted: Newark now accepting applications for its first-ever poet laureate
The City of Newark has launched its inaugural Poet Laureate program, Mayor Ras Baraka announced on Tuesday.
Good News In Essex County: Helping Homeless + Poetry + Wrestling
The world is filled with humor, inspiration and kindness. Here are seven stories to make you smile from Essex County, New ...
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Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola’s Bookstore Highlights Community And Marginalized ...
JustBookish, an independent bookstore in Boston, is unique for a few reasons, chief among them is who is responsible for opening the bookstore in November 2024 — Boston’s poet laureate Porsha ...
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Former Poet Laureate backs Lampeter university campaign
A FORMER Poet Laureate has thrown his support behind the campaign to save Wales’ oldest university. Sir Andrew Motion said the threat to the campus at Lampeter was ‘shocking and sad news’, and he ...
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Jewel Rodgers appointed as first African American Nebraska poet laureate
BEAUTIFUL IN THE DISTANCE. WELL, IN LINCOLN TODAY, GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN APPOINTS OMAHA AUTHOR AND PERFORMER JEWELL ROGERS AS NEBRASKA’S NEW STATE POET. AT 27, ROGERS IS THE YOUNGEST TO HOLD THE ...
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Cheshire Poet Laureate John Lindley on his life and work
He says: 'I suppose if I’m honest I’m more of an urban poet than a rural one, a bit anti-establishment, so I felt reluctant to apply for the role of Cheshire Poet Laureate in 2004. I didn’t really ...
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Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola Highlights Marginalized Authors And Builds Community ...
Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola isn’t just a wordsmith—she’s a community builder. Her latest project, justBook-ish, an independent bookstore in Dorchester, Massachusetts, is as much ...