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carrboro poet laureate

Feb 08 2026

Meet Carrboro’s Ninth Poet Laureate: Dr. Amanda Bennett


Amanda Bennett holding a book

—Arshia Simkin, The Underline When Amanda Bennett was in her twenties as a graduate student at Duke University, she was working on a dissertation about Black feminism; she remembers studying… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: amanda bennett, Arshia Simkin, carrboro poet laureate, chapel hill art and humanities, The Underline

Sep 05 2024

Meet Liza Wolff-Francis, Carrboro’s 8th Poet Laureate


—Arshia Simkin, The Underline You may think of town meetings as rather staid, dry affairs, but the Carrboro Town Council opens every meeting with a poem, selected by the current… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: Arshia Simkin, carrboro poet laureate, Liza Wolff-Francis, The Underline

Mar 07 2023

Carrboro Poet Laureate Shares the Importance of Her Craft


Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: News · Tagged: carrboro, carrboro poet laureate, Katie MacKinnon, Liza Wolff-Francis, poet laureate, poetry, spoken word

Dec 22 2022

Poets’ Party: An Evening of Community Poetry


Two special events to dig deeper into poetry and connect with community are scheduled this January! All are invited to come celebrate Carrboro’s rich arts history and meet community members… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Tagged: carrboro, carrboro poet laureate, fred joiner, Liza Wolff-Francis, poetry

Oct 18 2022

Carrboro to hold Annual West End Poetry Festival, unifies community through art


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: 17th Annual West End Poetry Festival, Alan Shapiro, Alana Dagenhart, carrboro, Carrboro Century Center, carrboro poet laureate, Carrboro Poets Council, Cedric Tillman, fred joiner, Jacinta White, Jessica Jacobs, Joan Barasovska, Nickole Brown, The Cybrary, Wolff-Francis, Write It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire, Yellow Leaves

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