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poetry

Living in North Carolina

Lifted Voices

An anthology celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective shines a spotlight on Black writers.

by Jaki Shelton Green
Features

How Jaki Shelton Green Invents New Ways to Be

On her Poetry Porch in Mebane, North Carolina’s poet laureate welcomes family and friends, encourages rich conversation, and helps us navigate a different kind of world.

by Jameela F. Dallis
Features

Three Lines, One Life

The tobacco fields and church pews of an eastern North Carolina childhood taught an acclaimed haiku poet how to see, feel, and hear the landscape — one syllable at a time.

by Krista Bremer
April 2014

The Unreliable Reader

An introduction to "10 Poems Every North Carolinian Should Read" by two-term U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

by Billy Collins
Arts & Culture

10 Poems Every North Carolinian Should Read

Indulge in the diverse beauty of North Carolina by reading these poems aloud.

by Billy Collins & Our State Staff
george ellison
Arts

The Wilderness Poet: George Ellison

At home in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, naturalist and writer George Ellison and his artist wife, Elizabeth, find peace and inspiration.

by Heidi Coryell Williams
December 2012

Sending Christmas Cards to Huck & Hamlet by Joseph Mills

In his new collection, Joseph Mills challenges the stigma of poetry and convinces us to read on.

by Our State Staff
Arts & Culture

One Curious Guy

Piedmont Laureate Scott Huler doesn’t specialize. The Raleigh writer asks as many questions, about as many different things, as he can.

by Our State Staff
Arts

The People’s Poet

North Carolina Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers travels the state as our literary ambassador.

by Eric Seeger

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