The poet laureate of Utah is the
poet laureate for the
U.S. state
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of
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
. The Utah State Poet Laureate Program was established in 1997. As a joint project of the
governor
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's office and the
Utah Arts Council Literature Program, the governor appoints the Utah poet laureate for a five-year term.
List of poets laureate
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David Lee (1997–2003)
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Ken Brewer (2003–2006)
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Katharine Coles
Katharine Coles is an American poet and educator. She served from 2006 to 2012 as Utah's third poet laureate and currently serves as the inaugural director of the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute and the co-director of the Utah Symposium in Sc ...
(2006–2012)
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Lance Larsen (2012 – 2017)
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Paisley Rekdal (2017–2022)
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Lisa Bickmore
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People with the mononym
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(2022–present)
See also
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Poet laureate
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List of U.S. state poets laureate
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United States Poet Laureate
The poet laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States poet laureate, serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national consc ...
References
External links
Poets Laureate of Utah at the Library of CongressUtah Division of Arts & Museums Poet Laureate Page
Utah culture
American poets laureate
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