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Jaki Shelton Green is an American poet and was appointed North Carolina Poet Laureate in 2018. [ 1 ] In November 2009, she was named the first Piedmont Laureate by a collection of Triangle -area arts councils. [ 2 ][ 3 ] She currently resides in Mebane, North Carolina. [ 4 ] Green teaches Documentary Poetry at Duke University within the Center ...
The poet laureate presents an annual lecture and reading of their poetry and usually introduces poets at the Library's poetry series, the oldest in the Washington area and among the oldest in the United States. This annual series of public poetry and fiction readings, lectures, symposia, and occasional dramatic performances began in the 1940s.
George Moses Horton (c. 1798–after 1867), was an African-American poet from North Carolina who was enslaved until Union troops, carrying the Emancipation Proclamation, reached North Carolina (1865). Horton is the first African-American author to be published in the United States. (Phillis Wheatley 's poetry was published earlier, in the ...
National Book Award for Poetry. Spouse. Holly McIntire. Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems[1] and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. [2] From 2014 to 2015, he served as the 20th Poet Laureate of the United States.
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African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was honored by universities, literary organizations, government agencies, and special interest groups. Her honors include a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play Look Away ...
Randall Jarrell / dʒəˈrɛl / jə-REL (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress —a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate of the United States. Among other honors, Jarrell was awarded a ...
In office 2019–2022. Preceded by. Tracy K. Smith. Succeeded by. Ada Limón. Joy Harjo (/ ˈhɑːrdʒoʊ / HAR-joh; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in ...