Deadline looms in city's hunt for new poet laureate
The hunt is on for a city's best poet – but writers only have until midnight to put themselves forward for the ...
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Search Begins for Santa Barbara’s Next Poet Laureate
The current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, Melinda Palacio, will conclude her term in March 2025. Palacio, an internationally-lauded poet, author, and speaker, is Santa Barbara’s first Chicana Poet ...
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Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
Darryl Lorenzo Wellington is an essayist, culture critic, and the 2021–23 poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico. His most recent book is Legible Walls: Poems for Santa Fe Murals. Thanks to poor ...
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Former Kansas poet laureate Jonathan Holden dies at 83
Kansas' first poet laureate Jonathan Holden, died Dec. 20 in Manhattan at age 83. Holden was poet-in-residence and a ...
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Former Poet Laureate On Migrant Experience
Today we’re checking in with former US Poet Laureate and recent Genius Grant recipient Juan Felipe Herrera. He’s written extensively about the migrant experience in California. Genius Grant Recipient ...
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Search Begins for Santa Barbara’s Next Poet Laureate
Local poets encouraged to apply for the creative civic position The Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with the City of Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Public Library, is ...