Philadelphia poets use their voices to celebrate, connect and inspire at poetry slam ahead of OURfest

"Poetry is sort of like the most distilled and … honest form of literature," said Boston Gordon, co-producer of the event and founder of You Can't Kill a Poet, a long-running LGBTQ+ poetry series in ...
Orlando Weekly

Orlando appoints its third poet laureate

The announcement comes amid a heightened focus on the position from Florida's DOGE officials and state CFO Blaise Ingoglia.
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Ingolia’s mockery can’t dim the shine of Orlando’s poet laureate program

This week, Orlando will introduce residents to the city’s third Poet Laureate: Camara Gaither, a mental health therapist who ...

25 Taylor Swift songs with literary references you may have missed, from 'All Too Well' to 'The Fate of Ophelia'

Taylor Swift's music includes references to famous novelists, playwrights, and poets, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, ...

Patricia Smith, a Chicago poet 'who writes screams'

"The Intentions of Thunder," the new collection of poems by the city's own Patricia Smith, is a gorgeous, heartbreaking ...
The Williams Record

Poet Carl Phillips visits for Williams Literary Arts Reading Series

Over the course of his career, Phillips has received numerous accolades, including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the ...