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The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the Country - New York, NY (June 3, 2021)— The Academy of American...
Northwestern Now Angela Jackson says poetry can lift and illuminate lives. Photo by Carlos Javier Ortiz Following in the footsteps of the great Gwendolyn Brooks as the fifth Illinois poet to serve as state poet laureate, Northwestern University alumna Angela Jackson said poetry can lift and illuminate lives, uniting people. Jackson was appointed poet laureate for the state of Illinois in November by Governor J.B. Pritzker. An award-winning poet, novelist and playwright who grew up on Chicago’s South Side and graduated from Northwestern in 1977, Jackson will work to promote poetry at the sta...