A reception honoring Cofell will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Scheig Center, 1313 E. Witzke Blvd.

The first Latino to be named the United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, is the son of California farm workers.

APPLETON (WLUK) -- The public is invited to help kick off Appleton's poet laureate program Friday evening. Cathryn Cofell has ...

Malaya Ulan, a Filipino American artist, has performed at the Barnes Foundation, Asian Arts Initiative and Painted Bride.

Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, recently spoke to JPR's Vanessa Finney about the state's literary landscape.

Many artists discover their craft through adversity. For Malaya Ulan, it was feeling bullied by other students in elementary ...

Howard County’s first ever youth poet laureate will be named next week, filling an honorary post that aims to inspire young ...

You may think of town meetings as rather staid, dry affairs, but the Carrboro Town Council opens every meeting with a poem, ...

First Lady Dawn Moore presented Lady Brion with the award on Monday, celebrating the 32-year-old as an artist with a wide ...

First Lady Dawn Moore announces Lady Brion as Maryland's 11th Poet Laureate. Her focus on women's empowerment and the Black ...

A play written by Birmingham’s former poet laureate is set to hit the stage. Please Do Not Touch tells the story of Mason, a ...

How would an official poet laureate “speak” to the spoken word, slam or hip-hop communities, or to bush poets, or to ...