Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

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The City of Dayton has selected its first-ever poet laureate. Sierra Leona will serve as Dayton’s first poet laureate. Leone is an educator, award-winning ...

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Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary about Boulder County poet Andrea Gibson grappling with an incurable cancer diagnosis, wins over Sundance audiences’ hearts.

Sierra Leone will serve as the first poet laureate for the City of Dayton, officials announced Friday in a media event at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Visitor Center.

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Jaswant Singh Khalra Elementary School will be the first public school in North America named after a Sikh individual.

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