Governor Pillen names new state poet for next five years
Governor Jim Pillen announced the new state poet in a ceremony on Monday. Jewel Rodgers, an Omaha native, was named the new ...
Jewel Rodgers, Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers' daughter, named Nebraska State Poet
Jewel Rodgers, daughter of Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers, has been selected as the fifth state poet in Nebraska history. The ...
Jewel Rodgers appointed as first African American Nebraska poet laureate
Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position. And no one could ...
Hidden women of history: the Australian children’s author who captured the bush – before May Gibbs’ Australiana empire
Louise Anne Meredith drew her literary inspiration from the Australian landscape and crafted her own ‘brand’ in its image.
Poetry from Daily Life: How did these sonnets and stanzas end up in the Sunday paper?
The subject line of the email said, "What if..." Editor Amos Bridges explains how a weekly column about poetry found a place in the Sunday newspaper.