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Previous winners of the Cave Canem Prize include Natasha Trethewey and Tracy K. Smith, who served as poet laureates of the United States in 2012-2014 and 2017-2019, respectively.
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Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
The Ford Foundation is funding the position, along with that of poet laureate Jessica Care Moore and the city's first official historian, Jamon Jordan.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024
Nandi Comer, a poet laureate whose billboard project includes excerpts from Michigan poets and a QR code directing readers to the state library's website, is among 22 poets who will receive a $50,000 grant through the Poet Laureate Fellowship Program, the Academy of American Poets announced.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Aug. 2024
In July 2022, she was named the 24th poet laureate of the United States—the first Latina to be awarded the seat—by the Library of Congress.
—Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 30 July 2024
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Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
The Ford Foundation is funding the position, along with that of poet laureate Jessica Care Moore and the city's first official historian, Jamon Jordan.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024
Nandi Comer, a poet laureate whose billboard project includes excerpts from Michigan poets and a QR code directing readers to the state library's website, is among 22 poets who will receive a $50,000 grant through the Poet Laureate Fellowship Program, the Academy of American Poets announced.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Aug. 2024
In July 2022, she was named the 24th poet laureate of the United States—the first Latina to be awarded the seat—by the Library of Congress.
—Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 30 July 2024
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