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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.
1. Kathryn Stripling Byer (November 25, 1944 – June 5, 2017), also called Kay Byer, was an American poet and teacher. She was named by Governor Mike Easley as the fifth North Carolina Poet Laureate from 2005 to 2009. She was the first woman to hold the position.
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 ...
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 ...
Jay Ward was named Charlotte’s first poet laureate this year. Ward is taking it upon himself to help define the role “to figure out what’s possible.”. He attended Elizabeth City State ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Poets Laureate of North Carolina". The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
North Carolina Poet Laureate. Valerie Macon (born 1950) is an American civil servant and poet. She was named by Governor Pat McCrory as the eighth North Carolina Poet Laureate, a position she was set to hold from 2014 to 2016. [1] Appointed on July 11, 2014, she resigned on July 17, 2014 amid controversy over the appointment. [2]