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StateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma’s youth, and they've brought along their microphones. Reagan and Jimma are students at Stilwell High School. Earlier this year, the pair, along with their classmate Tyla, got to share some of the poetry they worked on at the Field Museum in Chicago as part of the Native Truths exhibit.

Ada Limón was named as the nation's 24th poet laureate by the Library of Congress. She will take over from Joy Harjo, who has held the position since 2019.

Ryann Stevenson's debut collection Human Resources won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. It looks at how technology both connects and separates us.

Langston Hughes is best known for writing powerful poetry and prose, but he was also a librettist.

White European translators have hesitated to work on Gorman's poetry because of criticism that their race makes them inappropriate for the job. In Hungary, a marginalized community steps up.

The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter in the "American Women Quarters Program" — a four-year program that will feature prominent women in U.S. history.

Attacks against Asian Americans have increased since the coronavirus pandemic began. Tell us how you cope with this anti-Asian violence and discrimination in the form of a list poem.

The new poet laureate of the United States is also the first Native American appointed to the post. We'll talk with Joy Harjo.GuestJoy Harjo is the…

As National Poetry Month continues, we share two listeners' poems about education funding in Oklahoma and another about the importance of activism.

Outspoken and influential Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko died over the weekend. He was known for his criticism of anti-Semitism and of the Soviet Union.