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Lexington-based writer Ada Limón will serve a second term as the nation’s poet laureate. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced Limón’s appointment Monday to a historic two-year second term.
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Kentucky writer Ada Limón will become the next Poet Laureate of the United States this fall. The 46-year-old Lexington resident spoke with WKMS News Director Derek Operle about her influences, her writing and her plans as she prepares to assume her duties in September.
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The next Poet Laureate of the United States will be Kentucky writer Ada Limón, according to an announcement from Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Tuesday.
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Gov. Andy Beshear presented Fort Mitchell high schooler Lupita Diaz with a medal. She’ll compete in the national Poetry Out Loud contest.
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to U.S. poet Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."
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University of Kentucky professor and poet Frank X Walker is “calling all creatives” to join together Saturday in his hometown Danville for a “call to…
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Kentucky's poet laureate, George Ella Lyon, is collecting poems from each of the state's counties for her "'Where I'm From': A Poetry of Place"…
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The new year opens next week with the Murray State Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program's first reading series. The readings are open to the…
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Kentucky's new poet laureate being inducted today in Frankfort as the state recognizes Kentucky Writers' Day.Frank X. Walker and several of the state's…