Kentucky Poet Laureate

Gov. Andy Beshear named Laurel County-born writer Silas House as the 2023-2024 Kentucky poet laureate.

Smock was named Kentucky poet laureate in 2017. he also worked as a professor of English and director of creative writing at Bellarmine University.

Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson has received a 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry. She won the honor for her latest book “Perfect Black.”

Crystal Wilkinson burst into tears when she learned that she would be Kentucky’s next poet laureate.“It was a very moving moment because it was a total…

A Kentucky writer has been appointed Kentucky poet laureate.Gov. Matt Bevin appointed award-winning writer Jeff Worley of Lexington to the post. He will…

I’m so happy to bring you this conversation with Kentucky’s Poet Laureate, Frederick Smock, recorded live at the Writers’ Block Festival in Louisville…

Governor Matt Bevin has named a Louisville poet, author and educator as the 2017-18 Kentucky Poet Laureate. The Kentucky Arts Council said in a release on…