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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.
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 ...
Municipal Poets Laureate in the United States (6 C, 50 P) A. Poets Laureate of Alabama (7 P) Poets Laureate of Alaska (8 P) Poets Laureate of Arizona (1 P)
Poets Laureate of the United States include Ada Limón, Joy Harjo, Tracy K. Smith and Juan Felipe Herrera. Amanda Gorman was the United States's first National Youth Poet Laureate appointed in 2017. [367] A number of American state legislatures have also created an office of poet laureate. The holders may be locally or nationally prominent.
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The position of U.S. poet laureate has been historically vague. Here’s what the poet is actually required to do, the office’s history and who has served in the role.
The State Poet of Florida is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Florida. Poets Laureate of Florida are appointed by the governor and the Division of Arts and Culture. [1] They first served lifetime, unpaid appointments, until June 20, 2014, when HB 513 established a four-year term. [2] [3] Edmund Skellings was poet laureate in 1980.