In the second year of her three-year term as the poet laureate of Alexandria, Tori Lane Kovarik is struck by the diversity of what she calls “pockets of poetry” in the city. From spoken word ...

Rekdal’s many honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Academy of American Poets‘ Poets Laureate Fellowship, and a Fulbright Fellowship. In 2017, Rekdal was named Poet Laureate of Utah, and she ...

Storm Cecile is an international spoken word poet who has been writing since she was a child. This year, to help mark ...