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In Focus: Jackson County Fair 2022
The Jackson County Fair returns this year with food, fun and entertainment, including live music performances.
With a full array of family-friendly fun, including ki.
“Life can be a joyous encounter with the possible.” Ruth Wire
“Writing is not a lonely profession,” says Ruth Wire. “My characters keep me company.”
The characters in the Ashland resident’.
The Oregon Poet Laureate Program is now accepting nominations for the state's next poet laureate. Over the course of a two-year term, the poet laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to the humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon. Nominations for the position will be accepted through January 10, 2022. The next poet laureate will begin their term in May 2022. Anis Mojgani, Oregon's current poet laureate, says, "A poet is a witness who imagines, and through these acts gives us permission to do the same. For the times we're in, we must be powerfully imaginative, so to have for Oregon a position to foster and rally this imagining is a beautiful importance and gift for our state." Previous Oregon poets laureate include Elizabeth Woody of Warm Springs, Kim Stafford of Portland, the late Peter Sears of Corvallis, and Lawson Inada of Medford. During their term, the poet laureate will