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Today, the Academy of American Poets announced the recipients of their 2025 Laureate Fellowships, which award $50,000 each to 23 poets laureate currently serving in cities and states across the country.
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Literary Hub
july 31, 2025, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
In addition to La Lulu and Making Movies, the Main Stage lineup includes The Salvation Choir, Beau Bledsoe and Kansas City poet laureate Melissa Ferrer Civil.
—Dan Kelly
july 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Colorado's poet laureate, Andrea Gibson, died at home on Monday from ovarian cancer.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 July 2025
And, with The Lowdown, Reservation Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo is staking a claim as the state’s TV laureate (to differentiate him from Joy Harjo, no relation and our former national poet laureate).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Literary Hub
july 31, 2025, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
In addition to La Lulu and Making Movies, the Main Stage lineup includes The Salvation Choir, Beau Bledsoe and Kansas City poet laureate Melissa Ferrer Civil.
—Dan Kelly
july 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Colorado's poet laureate, Andrea Gibson, died at home on Monday from ovarian cancer.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 July 2025
And, with The Lowdown, Reservation Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo is staking a claim as the state’s TV laureate (to differentiate him from Joy Harjo, no relation and our former national poet laureate).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poet laureate
poet
Noun
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At the end of the historic galleries, where light begins pouring into the building, visitors move above ground and pass by a quote from poet and Civil Rights activist Langston Hughes.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Their other brother, Brad, is a poet who followed his brothers into the Oz writers’ room and has since worked on shows like The Americans.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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