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The city of Houston is looking for a local poet, writer or spoken-word artist to serve as its fifth poet laureate in a two-year term that includes a $20,000 honorarium.
Houston’s Fourth Poet Laureate Leslie Contreras Schwartz, reading at a reception for Hispanic Heritage Month at The Rice Hotel in 2019
Houston s next poet laureate will serve from April 2021 to April 2023, and duties include developing a community outreach project that engages nontraditional or otherwise underserved audiences, creating written works, conducting public poetry workshops and mentoring the Houston Youth Poet Laureate, while adhering to COVID-19 safety precautions.
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Ishmael Reed is the winner of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship (genius award), the renowned L.A. Times Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lila Wallace-Reader s Digest Award. He is the author of more than thirty titles including the acclaimed novel Mumbo Jumbo, as well as non-fiction, plays and poetry. Website | Instagram | Facebook
Staajabu is a poet, activist and member of Straight Out Scribes. Mother to Dr. V.S. Chochezi, she and her daughter are the Straight Out Scribes poetry duo. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Camden, New Jersey, Staajabu is a writer, poet, editor, producer, health advocate, prison rights activist, environmental activist, graphic artist and U.S. Air Force veteran who currently resides in Sacramento. Website | Facebook - Staajabu | Facebook Straight Out Scribes - SOS | email