Poet and educator Jason Magabo Perez will soon conclude his two-year term as the city of San Diego's official poet laureate. When he was appointed in 2023, he kicked off his tenure by reading from ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. After serving her trailblazing three terms as U.S. Poet Laureate, Harjo, 73, is having a moment, and she's determined to make the most of it — ...

TULSA — Stepping off the staircase and rounding the corner into the Bob Dylan Center's second-floor galleries, Joy Harjo's face split into a wide grin as she spied the towering turquoise entry ...

Join the Altadena Poets Laureate for a poetry workshop with former LA Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson: Chewing on the Alphabet and Stealing from the Best. Lynne Thompson served as the fourth Los Angeles ...

San Diego, CA–The City of San Diego’s Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez is set to culminate his transformative two-year tenure this month with San Diego Poetry Futures 2024 Coda (SDPF24 Coda), a free, ...

He died last week after suffering complications of pneumonia. Also, Natchez has a new Poet Laureate. Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson bestowed that honor on Natchezian Joyce Washington Ivery. Ivery is the ...

Nikki Giovanni, the legendary poet and leader of the Black Arts Movement, died at 81 on Monday, Dec. 9, in Blacksburg, Va., after a third diagnosis of cancer, according to news reports. Her longtime ...

On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Jessica Care Moore, the acclaimed poet laureate of Detroit, to reflect on the profound impact of the legendary Nikki Giovanni, who ...

The award was first presented, in 1999, to Trethewey, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate who was the judge for Kilbourne’s prize. “A research biologist working at the Berlin ...

(HKR-12-10-24) In a recent conversation on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Devorah Major, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate, to reflect on the life and influence of iconic Nikki Giovanni.

Iconic poet Nikki Giovanni, renowned for her trailblazing voice in American literature and activism, has died at the age of 81. A rep for Giovanni confirmed that she passed away peacefully on Dec. 9, ...