Jewel Rodgers appointed as first African American Nebraska poet laureate
Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and ...
Hidden women of history: the Australian children’s author who captured the bush – before May Gibbs’ Australiana empire
Gibbs is a household name in Australia. Her most famous book, Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, published in 1918, has never been out of print. Chances are you have read her work, or had it read to ...
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It happened today – this day in history – January 2
1933: Don Bradman holds off England’s hostile pace bowling to score an unbeaten 103 leading Australia to a 111-run victory in ...
Program: LNL Summer: UK poet laureate Simon Armitage on the power of poems
Simon Armitage was a sleepy ten-year old kid in West Yorkshire when he was awakened by poetry. In 2019 he became the UK's ...
Program: LNL Summer: The UK's poet laureate, and the return of the night parrot
UK poet laureate Simon Armitage reflects on his Yorkshire upbringing, writing great royal deaths and coronations, and his fear and love for nature. Plus, ornithologist Penny Olsen celebrates the ...
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The New Yorker: Poetry
Mort's collection "Music for the Dead and Resurrected" won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. Her other honors include a 2021 Rome Prize in literature and ...
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NC poet laureate to speak at city's annual MLK event
The state’s poet laureate is slated to be the featured speaker at the local 37th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast next month. Jaki Shelton Green will be at the podium the morning of ...
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Have a passion for poetry? North Haven seeks next poet laureate
Susan Griffiths, the library’s services director explained the importance of a poet laureate. “Poetry is wonderful for the community, it gives people something they can grasp short term, they ...
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Alabama poet laureate Ashley Jones to speak at women's event in Decatur
Dec. 19—Alabama's poet laureate Ashley Jones will be the keynote speaker at Decatur and Morgan County's inaugural Celebrating Women of Character event on March 8 at Ingalls Harbor. Scheduled for ...
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Staffordshire Poet Laureate
The Staffordshire Poet Laureate runs poetry events and encourages more people in Staffordshire to enjoy poetry and creative writing. The Laureate also acts as an ambassador for Staffordshire, ...
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Australian cartoonist and poet Michael Leunig dies aged 79
Love Prevails, a cartoon by Australian artist, poet, cultural commentator and cartoonist Michael Leunig.
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Australian cartoonist and poet Michael Leunig dies aged 79
Leunig passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday. The Leunig Studio Instagram page wrote: “The pen has run dry, its ink no longer flowing — yet Mr. Curly and his ducks will ...