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Porsha Olayiwola

Boston’s Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola kicks off event series highlighting LGBTQIA+ experiences

Amanda Brynn Birbara September 25, 2022
Porsha Olayiwola came to BU for a poetry reading, highlighting the experiences of queer Black people.
Faces of Roxbury Poetry Festival Headliners

Registration for first Roxbury Poetry Festival opens

Taylor Brokesh April 23, 2021
The free event will take place virtually, with some in person components, June 5.
Boston Ujima Project’s virtual “Meditations on Love with Black Cotton Club” event Sunday. The Boston City Council endorsed Ujima’s week-long “We Be Knowin’” webinar series, which began Sunday and continues through next Monday. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Umija Project hosts virtual community assemblies

Tanisha Bhat February 16, 2021
The Boston Ujima Project kicked off its 2021 Citywide Assembly, “We Be Knowin’: A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy” Sunday — a series of cultural events and collective community planning designed to honor local communities.
Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate, recited poetry and excerpts from her memoir “Crazy Brave” at a virtual event hosted by the Boston University School of Theology on Sunday. COURTESY OF JOY HARJO

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo speaks on poetry and spirituality

Julia Furnari October 7, 2020

Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Nation, is the first Native American poet laureate of the United States. The poet spoke to the Boston University School of Theology Sunday about the intersections of...

The City of Boston’s current Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayyiwola. The city announced on Tuesday a Youth Poet Laureate initiative and is currently looking for applicants. COURTESY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON

Boston is looking for its first ever Youth Poet Laureate

Daily Free Press Staff November 1, 2019
The youth poet laureate will work with the city to encourage Boston's youth to read and write literature.
Robert Pinsky, the founder of the Favorite Poem Project, speaks to an audience prior to poetry readings. COURTESY OF LAURA MARRIS

Favorite Poem Project heads to BU, creates community over poetry

Mary Katherine Moore September 27, 2018
Professors and students filled the George Sherman Union’s Conference Auditorium to embrace poetry and participate in the Favorite Poem Project. The project has been running for two decades now, encouraging more Americans to embrace the “vocal art.”
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