The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the United States - New York, NY (July 25, 2023) The Academy of American Poets an
Brandy Nālani McDougall, a graduate of the UO’s Creative Writing Program, has been selected as the 2023-25 Hawaii state poet laureate.McDougall is an associate professor of indigenous studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the M
Brandy Nālani McDougall from Maui is the first woman selected for the two-year term. Her forthcoming book "ʻĀina Hānau, Birth Land," is inspired by her daughters and will be released by the University of Arizona Press in May.