WHO: Texas’s 2024 poet laureate, Amanda Johnston.WHAT: The Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship for Johnston’s project, Praisesong for the People: Poems Celebrating the Heart and Soul of Texas.WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Poetry is often confined to the hallowed halls of academia, and Johnston, our state’s newest poet laureate, wants to expand its reach to the halls where most Texans experience life. Though her designation as a Texas State Artist provides exposure for her work, the position doesn’t involve funding. So she turned to the Academy of American Poets, which every year gives $50,000 fellowships to poets laureate of cities and states in the U.S.She now has the backing to fully pursue her proposed project, Praisesong for the People: Poems Celebrating the Heart and Soul…
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