Brown professor Kwame Dawes to serve as poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.
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Award-winning poet and 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Willie Carver Jr. to read at WKU
On February 6 at 7 p.m., the WKU English Department and Gender and Women’s Studies program will host poet, advocate, and ...
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Brian Taylor Releases Inspiring Poetry Collections: 'Poetry For Teachers (By A Teacher) Books 1 And 2'
LAGUNA BEACH, CA, UNITED STATES, January 28, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- The literary community is set to embrace a heartfelt exploration of education with the release of "Poetry For Teachers (by a ...
Myra Sklarew, meditative poet and writing teacher, dies at 90
She wrote about science, aging and Jewish identity, in addition to co-founding an MFA program at American University and ...
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Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...
Poet grateful mum turned him over to police at 16
Wales' former children's laureate says he is grateful his mum called the police on him at the age of 16 after he attacked her ...
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Aliker hopes for slam-dunk hit with poetry in the north
On December 18 last year, Slam Poetry was launched in Gulu City. It was the first slam poetry for secondary school children ...
How a poet from a thousand years ago brought the Velvet Underground's Sterling Morrison to UT
After Sterling Morrison quit the Velvet Underground, he traded his guitar for poetry books. We take a close look at his ...
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Myra Sklarew, meditative poet and writing teacher, dies at 90
Myra Sklarew, a poet and teacher who found inspiration for her graceful, meditative verses in the natural world, her Jewish heritage and her early years working with rhesus monkeys at a research ...
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San Diego Poet Laureate Paola Capó-García says poetry is a 'thriving thing'
San Diego has named Paola Capó-García as its third Poet Laureate since the program began in 2020. A former journalist and ...
Poetry can be a ‘powerful and magical’ tool, says San Diego’s new Poet Laureate, Paola Capó-García
The North Park resident says she hopes to work with local schools to incorporate more poetry into their curriculums and host ...
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Myra Sklarew, meditative poet and writing teacher, dies at 90
Washington poet E. Ethelbert Miller recalled that in the 1980s, at a time when the city's racial divide was especially stark, Ms. Sklarew was unusual among White poets and teachers in championing ...