Blog May 06, 2016 Introducing the Poetry Ourselves Winners! We are thrilled to announce that Rose Horowitz, a senior at Mt. Ararat High School in Harpswell, Maine, and Maddie Lukomski, a junior at Sioux Falls Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, were named our winners in the written and spoken ca...
Blog May 05, 2016 Congratulations to 2016 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Ahkei Togun! We're celebrating Ahkei Togun--the 2016 Poetry Out Loud National Champion!
Blog May 02, 2016 Notable Quotable: Elizabeth Acevedo, 2016 Poetry Out Loud Finals Host Elizabeth Acevedo on the power of poems to live in the body.
Blog Apr 29, 2016 The Big Read Spotlight on Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library See how Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library hosted a Big Read program this last year that called attention to their Ethiopian community.
Blog Apr 26, 2016 From the Archives: Why Poetry By Heart? Why memorize poetry? This collection of current and former state poet laureates have a few good reasons.
Blog Apr 15, 2016 Life According to Thornton Wilder (a collection of quotes) Check out these quotes that give us insight about the world according to NEA Big Read author Thornton Wilder.