Stateside s conversation with Semaj Brown.
The American Academy of Poets has chosen Flint’s Poet Laureate, Semaj Brown, as one of twenty-two 2021 Poet Laureate Fellows. Brown will receive $50,000 for her literary work.
Brown intends to put the award toward the Poetry Pod Project, or P3. The virtual programming series, a project of her own design, aims to support literacy in Flint.
“We know a healthy community is a literate community , and what better way to support literacy than through poetry?” Brown said. “Because poetry is fun, it’s musical, it’s relevant, it’s historic, it’s all those things wrapped into one.”
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. Lake County’s poet laureate is among 23 nationwide who have been chosen by the Academy of American Poets as 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows.