The honorary two-year post will see the
Poet Laureate leading the way in raising the profile of poetry in Wolverhampton.
We wish him every success for the next chapter in his future as
Poet Laureate.
Andrew Motion, who was
poet laureate from 1999 to 2009, described it as "very, very damaging" to his work.
Riveting," said Tish Calhamer, a member of the
poet laureate selection committee.
For better or for verse, it's Aliyah Begum who has become a
poet laureate at just 15 years old.
| Birmingham's new Young
Poet Laureate Aliyah Begum
Mr O'Brien, a lecturer in Shakespeare and Creativity at the University of Birmingham, becomes
Poet Laureate for 2018-20, succeeding poet Matt Windle.
BRITAIN'S
Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, will perform at Coventry Cathedral later this year.
Left to right: Safi wa Nairobi (KPFA Radio), Poetess Kalamu Chache (
Poet Laureate of East Palo Alto, California), Askia Toure (co-founder of the Black Arts Movement), Lakiba Pittman (Educator-Notre Dame de Namur University), Kim McMillon (UC Merced BAM organizer), and Umar Bin Hassan (Last Poets).
For years, Barbados' leading poet, Kamau Brathwaite, had been considered what Esther would call the nation's
poet laureate "in spirit." We--meaning several members of the literary community lobbying yet again for the post's creation, including Esther and the Writerslnk Barbados collective--had approached him two years ago about his willingness to make it official.
HITTING the road on a very special national tour this weekend is a creative quintet led by the
Poet Laureate - and on the itinerary is a church in the Tyne Valley.
of Cultural Resources Susan Kluttz, News & Observer reporter David Menconi, North Carolina
poet laureate Shelby Stephenson, and UNC-Chapel Hill prof/poet Paul Jones
Campbell, 88, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, is the 2015 National Senior
Poet Laureate (NSPL), winning $350 for his poem, "Meager Legacy." This is the second National SPL award for Campbell, who also won the same award in 1999.
According to the Guardian, Buckingham Palace has announced that Dharker would be the 2014 recipient of the prestigious prize that was created in 1933 by King George V at the suggestion of John Masefield, the
poet laureate of that time.
