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Chapel Hill Poet Laureate

Oct 02 2025

For Chapel Hill Poet Laureate Donovan Livingston, Poetry “Builds Communities”


  —Arshia Simkin, The Underline In the mid-nineties, Donovan Livingston, who is now Chapel Hill’s 2025-2026 Poet Laureate, heard a song that would change his life. Growing up with a… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: Arshia Simkin, Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, Donovan Livingston, The Underline

Apr 23 2022

Poet Laureate CJ Suitt Keeps Chapel Hill Accountable


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: chapel hill, Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, CJ Suitt, orange county, poet laureate, The Local Reporter, Town of Chapel Hill

Apr 20 2022

‘I feel honored’: Chapel Hill’s first poet laureate reflects on his time in the position


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: chapel hill, Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture, Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, CJ Suitt, Melissa Bartoletta, poet laureate, Spectrum News

Feb 01 2022

Chapel Hill Poet Laureate CJ Suitt seeks to uplift other artists


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: chapel hill, Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, CJ Suitt, Daily Tar Heel

Oct 28 2021

The Underline: West End Poetry Festival – Carrboro’s Free Annual Poetry Festival


Article by Arshia Simkin, On October 15 and 16, the town of Carrboro held its free annual West End Poetry Festival—a two-day event that celebrates all things poetry. Featuring a… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: carrboro, Carrboro Town Commons, Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, Crystal Simone Smith, fred joiner, Poet Laureate of Carrboro, Poet Laureate of Hillsborough, Poetry Foundation, Town of Carrboro, west end poetry festival

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