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Tag: poet laureate

Joy Harjo
Posted inLifestyle

Joy Harjo Named Poet Laureate

by WI Guest Author July 2, 2019December 21, 2021

Poet, writer and musician Joy Harjo has been chosen by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden to be the United States’ first-ever Native American poet laureate.

(Photo courtesy Anne Bromley, anneb@virginia.edu)
Posted inEntertainment

Rita Dove Tapped as New York Times Poetry Editor

by WI Webstaff May 11, 2018October 31, 2020
Tracy K. Smith
Posted inLifestyle

Poet Laureate Gets Second Term

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer April 4, 2018October 31, 2020
New Poet Laureate Tracy Smith gives her inaugural reading on Sept. 13 at the Thomas Jefferson Building in southeast D.C. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Lifestyle

New Poet Laureate Starts Tenure

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer September 20, 2017October 31, 2020
Tracy K. Smith
Posted inLifestyle

New Poet Laureate Challenges Humanity to Empathize

by WI Guest Author July 12, 2017October 31, 2020
Tracy Smith
Posted inLifestyle

Tracy Smith Named New Poet Laureate

by WI Guest Author June 17, 2017October 30, 2020

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