Selected in 2022 by the Library of Michigan, Comer is the state’s second poet laureate, but the first in more than 60 years, since poet Edgar Guest’s tenure, which began in 1952.
M. Bartley Seigel is a former poet laureate of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. He is the author of In the Bone-Cracking Cold: Poems (Wayne State University ...
Writer and dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah has ruled himself out of becoming the next poet laureate, saying he has "absolutely no interest" in the role. "I won't work for them. They oppress me ...
Read full article: A Conversation With: Detroit's poet laureate Jessica Care Moore Jessica Care Moore is Detroit's new poet laureate. You may also recognize her as the voice of the Pure Michigan ...
On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Jessica Care Moore, the acclaimed poet laureate of Detroit, to reflect on the profound impact of the legendary Nikki Giovanni, who ...
Each year, the Lee Honors College creative journal, The Laureate, welcomes a new editor-in-chief. This year’s editor is Andy Bodinger, a senior majoring in global and international studies and English ...
WKAR’s Scott Pohl marks the holiday season with Lansing’s poet laureate, Ruelaine Stokes. Scott Pohl: Ruelaine Stokes, welcome back. Ruelaine Stokes: Hi, Scott. Thanks for asking me to come.