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  2. United States Poet Laureate - Wikipedia

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    The position was modeled on the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Begun in 1937, and formerly known as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the present title was devised and authorized by an Act of Congress in 1985. Appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the poet laureate's office is administered by the Center for the Book ...

  3. List of U.S. states' poets laureate - Wikipedia

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    The current poet laureate of Alabama is Ashley M. Jones. Alabama has had an official poet laureate since 1930. The Alabama Writer's Cooperative (formerly the Alabama Writers' Conclave), described as "a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets, and newspaper writers" first recommended in 1930 Samuel Minturn Peck to Governor Bibb Graves.

  4. Poet laureate - Wikipedia

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    A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) [1] [2] [3] is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) of Arezzo were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age ...

  5. Category:American Poets Laureate - Wikipedia

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    Individuals listed here include state and local poets laureate in addition to Poet Laureate Consultants in Poetry to the Library of Congress, informally known as United States Poets Laureate. Contents

  6. Category : United States Poets Laureate navigational boxes

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    Navbox templates relating to Poet Laureate in the United States, both on federal and state levels. The pages listed in this category are meant to be navigation templates. This page is part of Wikipedia's administration and not part of the encyclopedia.

  7. Reader disturbed that South Carolina has lingered without a ...

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    Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the governor to promote poetry projects and deliver poems for special occasions. Marjory Wentworth, our previous S.C. Poet Laureate, resigned in ...

  8. Joy Harjo - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, Harjo was named the United States Poet Laureate. She was the first Native American to be so appointed. [24] She was also the second United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms. [25] In 2019, Harjo was appointed Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets.

  9. List of new members of the 119th United States Congress

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    Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref Arizona: Ruben Gallego (D) 1st (91st overall) Yes Open seat; replacing Kyrsten Sinema (I) [1] U.S. House of Representatives [a] Arizona House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal: 1979 Delaware: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) 3rd (93rd overall) No Open seat; replacing Tom Carper (D) [2]