'Push the boundaries': Literacy advocate Zell Miller III is Austin's first poet laureate
For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...
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Celebrate Writers and Storytelling at the Oxford Book Conference
Natasha Trethewey, a former U.S. poet laureate, will discuss her memoir, 'House of Being,' on April 3 for the conference. Photo by Jill Norton Preceding the panel is a welcome lunch hosted by the ...
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Man City sack Gareth Taylor – five days before League Cup final
Manchester City have sacked women’s manager Gareth Taylor just five days before their League Cup final with Chelsea. Charlotte O’Neill, City’s managing director, stated that results this ...
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Northern England wants to rival London for tourism – it might be a losing battle
Poetry and peonies Last month, a poetry centre in Leeds – championed by poet laureate Simon Armitage – became the latest prompt for metro-mayoral chit-chat about a “cultural renaissance ...
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Milwaukee's new poet laureate has taken art form to thousands of MPS students | Opinion
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 ...