Devreaux Baker, Mendocino County’s first poet laureate, was about 19 years old when she left her home in Texas with her ...

Earlier this year, city officials announced that Newark was launching a search for a new poet laureate. The position is ...

Vote for your favorite poem in the Gaithersburg Book Festival's high school poetry contest before May 9 at 11 p.m.

The free event, open to the public ages 18 and older, will feature more than 20 poets reading their works related to women.

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z ...

The award-winning poet died on Feb. 11 in Dorchester at the age of 60. Her friends, students and colleagues share memories ...

At the age of 7, Ashley Jones dressed as Harriet Tubman and recited lines of Eloise Greenfield's poem about the abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad to her second grade class in ...

The Virginia Festival of the Book will pay tribute to poet Nikki Giovanni with readings, live music and tributes from ...