The Juneau Poetry Society created the Poet Laureate Program in the early 1960s. The position is currently held by Vera Starbard.
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| Type | Title | State |
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| Literary Organization | Alaska State Council on the Arts | Alaska |
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Read more about >dg nanouk okpik was born in Anchorage, where she spent much of her life, and her family is from Barrow, Alaska. okpik is Inupiaq, Inuit.
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Read more about >A first-generation Ukrainian-American, Olena Kalytiak Davis was selected by Rita Dove for the 1997 Brittingham Prize for her debut collection And Her Soul Out of Nothing.
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Read more about >John Haines was the recipient of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Library of Congress.