The Poet Laureate of New Jersey (statutorily known as New Jersey William Carlos Williams Citation of Merit) was an honor presented biennially by the Governor...

appoint a poet laureate for a one- or two-year term, fewer to several years, and some states appoint a poet to a lifetime tenure. Two states, New Jersey and...

A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems...

National Youth Poet Laureate is a title held in the United States by a young person who demonstrates skill in the arts, particularly poetry and/or spoken...

2000, Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed him the first Poet Laureate of New Jersey. Stern was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 22,...

homophobia. Baraka's brief tenure as Poet Laureate of New Jersey (in 2002 and 2003) involved controversy over a public reading of his poem "Somebody Blew Up America...

Stern (1925-2022), poet who was Poet Laureate of New Jersey from 2000 to 2002 Kyle Tress (born 1981), Olympic athlete in the sport of skeleton Gene Ween...

October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. He was the first United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms. Recognized...

Robinson), poet, actress, author, community organizer, singer, dancer and activist Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), Poet Laureate of New Jersey Albert Boni...

presence of Walt Whitman in American poetry," in 1985. Antler also was awarded the Witter Bynner prize in 1987. Antler was the poet laureate of the city of Milwaukee...

American poet, playwright, newspaper journalist, and screenwriter. Dorsey is the author of over ninety collections of poetry. Former Poet Laureate of Belle...

is an American poet. The author of four full-length books of poetry, Lockward serves as the Poet Laureate of West Caldwell, New Jersey. Diane Lockward...

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers...

United States Poet Laureate. Alongside co-author Takako Lento, he received the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature...

The Poet Laureate of Minnesota is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Poet Laureate attends public events and is expected to celebrate...

memoirist, poet and novelist. Levine was the first Poet Laureate of Arlington, Massachusetts. Levine was born in Paterson, New Jersey, the daughter of Gertrude...

an African-American poet and political activist from Newark, New Jersey who was appointed the second Poet Laureate of New Jersey, ignites a controversy...

magazines. He is the current poet laureate of Florida and was appointed on June 15, 2015. Raised in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Meinke graduated in 1950...

Jonathan Holden, the first Poet Laureate of Kansas, was a Professor of English at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Chosen in 2004, his two-year...

Kealohapauʻole Hong-Ming Wong) is a poet and storyteller based in Hawaii. He was the first Poet Laureate of Hawaii and the first poet to perform at a Hawaii governor’s...

from all backgrounds. United States poet laureate Joy Harjo, who is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, counts Whitman among her influences...

actor. Amiri Baraka, 79, American poet, writer and activist, Poet Laureate of New Jersey (2002–2003). Charlie Bazzano, 90, Australian Olympic cyclist...

gentlemanly elegance. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987 and received the Pulitzer Prize...

resign from the position, New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey signs legislation abolishing the post of Poet Laureate of New Jersey. Early November – Carl Rakosi...

of the Academy of American Poets. In 2018, she was named the New York State Poet Laureate. Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, to David Suskin and...

singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk...

New Jersey. "Mrs. F. B. Kilmer Dead; Mother of War Poet. Wrote of Memories of Her Son Who Was Killed in France in 1918. Was Native of Albany." The New York...

1945), poet who was poet laureate of Maine from 2006 to 2011 Arthur Siegel (1923–1994), songwriter Robert Singer (born 1947), member of the New Jersey Senate...

American poet, biographer, critic, literary journalist and college professor. He was appointed the sixteenth and later the twenty-eighth Poet Laureate Consultant...

S. state of New Jersey. Nicknamed "The Queen City", it serves as both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a bedroom suburb of the New York Metropolitan...