United States Poets Laureate

Richard Blanco

Inaugural Poet Laureate
Cuban-American Writer
Gay Rights Advocate
FYE Memoir: Los Cocuyos

Carol Ann Duffy

Poet Laureate of UK
Playwright
Poems: Bees • Rapture
Children's: The Tear Thief

Joy Harjo

US Poet Laureate (2019-20)
NAMMY winning Musician
Essays: Soul Talk, Soul...
FYE Memoir: Crazy Brave

Juan Felipe Herrera

US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Children's & YA Books

Ted Kooser

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
United States Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
Essays & Childrens Books

Sir Andrew Motion

UK Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize Winner
Biographer and Novelist
Autobiographical Prose

Charles Simic

Yugoslavian-born Poet
Pulitzer Prize Winner
United States Poet Laureate (2007-2008)

Tracy K. Smith

US Poet Laureate (2017-19)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Memoir: Ordinary Light
Nat'l Book Award Finalist

Natasha Trethewey

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
United States Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
FYE: Native Guard