State Poet Laureate
In 1926, Kentucky established a state poet laureate position, which is currently held by Silas House, who was appointed to a one-year term in 2023.
Poetry Near You
Find poetry readings, workshops, festivals, conferences, literary organizations, and poetry-friendly bookstores, and learn more about poets laureate, in your area.
Recent & Featured Listings
| Type | Title | State |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Organization | Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts | Kentucky |
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Robie Books | Kentucky |
| Literary Organization | The Kentucky State Poetry Society | Kentucky |
| Landmark | Robert Penn Warren Birthplace Museum | Kentucky |
| Literary Organization | Green River Writers | Kentucky |
| Literary Organization | Kentucky Shakespeare | Kentucky |
| Literary Magazine | Appalachian Heritage | Kentucky |
| Small Press | Blair Mountain Press | Kentucky |
| Literary Magazine | The Louisville Review | Kentucky |
| Small Press | Sarabande Books | Kentucky |
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Constance Merritt
Read more about >Constance Merritt is the author of Blind Girl Grunt: The Selected Blues Lyrics and Other Poems (Headmistress Press, 2017). She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
bell hooks bell hooks
Read more about >bell hooks (a.k.a Gloria Jean Watkins) was born on September 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Gayl Jones
Read more about >Poet, fiction writer, and critic Gayl Jones was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on November 23, 1949, and raised in Speigle Heights, a neighborhood in