Opelika Observer1d
Black History Month at AU includes visit by prominent poet
First was a discussion at the Jule Collins Smith Museum with Alabama poet laureate Ashley Jones. The event took place on the night of Feb. 4 with limited seating in the museum. Next was an open Q&A in ...
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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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 ...
Professor Kwame Dawes is Jamaica’s fourth poet laureate
Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...
Global Voices Online10d
Jamaican poet Velma Pollard, whose melodious writing paid homage to the Patwa language, passes on
"Pollard’s readings [demonstrate] the diversity of her work [...] At its most characteristic, her writing assumes a ...
Fremont Tribune14d
'Demystifying' poetry with former Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason at Gallery 92 West
Many think this is what poetry is — rules, stuffy, guidelines, intimidating — but according to Matt Mason, it doesn’t have to be. As the former State Poet of Nebraska, Mason has made it a po ...
Amsterdam News14d
Facing climate crisis, ‘Dark Laboratory’ offers possibility and poetry
Tao Leigh Goffe says there are examples of how Black and Indigenous people bear the brunt of exploitation and environmental racism.
The Valley Breeze14d
North Scituate Library hosts Poe poetry and prose
From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., readers will present dramatic recitations of selections of Poe’s poetry and works, said Carl Johnson of PLSRI. The program is free to the public.
Poet Caleb Femi Partied Around the World to Write His Kaia Gerber–Approved Latest Book, The Wickedest
Like so many of us, Caleb Femi spent the depths of the COVID lockdown remembering times when his body was allowed to be freer ...
The Jamaica Observer22d
Poetry at its best
It feels like everything is coming together in a way that’s pushing me to new heights,” Jackson told the Jamaica Observer ... Prior to poetry, she recorded a handful of songs as deejay ...
The Hamilton Spectator22d
Authors of fiction, poetry and nonfiction receive $10,000 prizes for blending art and science
NEW YORK (AP) — Books about a family’s exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 ...
The Trinity Journal22d
Poetry Out Loud high school recitation competition returns
That’s what nine Trinity County High School students will be experiencing during the Poetry Out Loud competition at 3 p.m. this Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center ...