Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position. Sign up for ...

Junauda Petrus, the second poet laureate of Minneapolis, plans to bring poetry to barber shops, buses and community spaces while engaging youth and elders through storytelling.

Maya Angelou was known for her poetry and autobiographical works, but the legendary writer also had an eye for fiction ...

Melba Joyce Boyd discusses being named the new Michigan Poet Laureate. Detroit native Dr ... And in addition to teaching at Wayne, and in the African American Studies Department.

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and power of poetry. This monthlong celebration, established ...