Kansas
Current Laureate:
Denise Low
Start of Term:
July 1, 2007
Position History:
Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Arts Commission established a Kansas
Poet Laureate program in 2004. According to a July 1, 2004 news
release from
the Office of the Governor, "the original impetus for the creation of a poet
laureate post in Kansas began in response to numerous requests received at
the Kansas Arts Commission and the Office of the Governor suggesting that such
a position be established. Responding to those requests, the Kansas Arts Commission
voted to proceed (with the approval of the Governor) in the development of
guidelines for a poet laureate position. Guidelines were developed with input
from Kansas poets and KAC staff research of other states’ poet laureate
programs."
Previous Laureates:
Jonathan Holden (July 1, 2005-June 30, 2007)
Further Resources:
•Publications
by Denise Low in the Library's online
catalog.
•Read Denise Low's blog, Ad Astra.
•Kansas Arts Commission page on Denise Low
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