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SBU to host virtual visit with award-winning poet Brandon Shimoda

Olean Times Herald 25 Feb 2026
Bonaventure University will host a virtual reading and conversation with award-winning poet and essayist Brandon Shimoda March 12 ... Poet Solmaz Sharif, a National Book Award finalist, describes ...
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Brattleboro program to explore voices of Black poets, authors and activists

The Keene Sentinel 24 Feb 2026
In celebration of African American History month, Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro and the Windham County NAACP are co-sponsoring “A Legacy of CouragePoetry and Book Readings” on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m ... .
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Lines from the frontline: the poet soldiers defending Ukraine

The Conversation 24 Feb 2026
They had not reckoned with the resilience of a society that has long defended its language and culture, and in which poets have for centuries resisted Russian attempts to erase Ukrainian identity ... The poets of the resistance.
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How a poet uses AI to write and why her work is now at MoMA

Scientific American 23 Feb 2026
Sasha Stiles turned GPT-2 experiments into a self-writing poem at a Museum of Modern Art installation—and a new way to think about text-generating AI optimization ... .
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Poet and translator Gabrielle Bates at UT Creative Writing Series on March 2

The Knoxville Focus 23 Feb 2026
The UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by poet Gabrielle Bates ... the New Yorker, the Believer, Ploughshares, Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, Sewanee Review, and elsewhere.
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Poets' public records on display (National Records of Scotland)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
National Records of Scotland (NRS) gives a glimpse into the lives of two celebrated Scottish poets with an informal display at General Register House in Edinburgh ... future poet is enumerated as a "scholar".
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Lasus of Hermione: The Poet Who Revolutionized Ancient Greek Music

Greek Reporter 21 Feb 2026
At some point during the 6th century BC, a lyric poet named Lasus of Hermione was born in the region of Argolis in Greece ... Lasus of Hermione, the Poet that shaped ancient Greek music ... As a poet, ...
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Reviews in brief: This is the Mizen; May Morton: Phantom Poet; The Hidden Seasons

The Irish Times 21 Feb 2026
This is the Mizen by John D’Alton. (Gascanane, €30) ... The tower, used as a telegraph office, played a critical role in the breaking news which meant that Crookhaven heard of the event earlier than Cork or London ... May Morton. Phantom Poet by Liz McManus.
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‘Lost’ writings of Dundee’s ‘worst poet’ William McGonagall to go under the hammer

The Courier 21 Feb 2026
The cache of rare printed poems was discovered in a briefcase during a house clearance ... .
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Five poets encapsulate inspiration from five Metroparks

Toledo Blade 21 Feb 2026
The mission of #5poets5parks isn’t lost on Ruelaine Stokes, a poet laureate from Lansing who will be featured at this year’s event inside the Glass City Metropark Pavilion on April 3 ... .
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Opinion: The president, the poet and the Civil War

Lawrence Journal World 21 Feb 2026
In early 1862, Union generals, soldiers and even the commander in chief of the Civil War were literally at a loss ... How apt ... The Boston poet Julia Ward Howe rode over to the Union Army camp as an observer ... Another arc connects the president and the poet.
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