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Santa Clara County poet's 'love letter' to immigrants

  • Feb 14
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Poet Andrea Gibson dies at 49

  • Jul 15, 2025

Acclaimed poet and activist Nikki Giovanni dies at 81

  • Dec 10, 2024

Florida school removes Amanda Gorman's poem from Biden's inauguration

  • May 24, 2023

Andy Grammer takes a deeper look at society's relationship with money

  • Apr 14, 2023

Veterans show off the healing power of music in SF

  • Mar 29, 2023

Amanda Gorman releases new poem -- 'New Day's Lyric'

  • Jan 3, 2022

How Indigenous spoken word artist honors heritage through storytelling

  • Nov 23, 2021

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A 12-year-old poet laureate embraces a new role -- book author

  • Jul 22
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Ferlinghetti Day: Readers honor famous SF poet and founder of City Lights Books with annual walk

  • Mar 25
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South Bay poet's 'love letter' to immigrants

  • Feb 14
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Veterans show off the healing power of music in SF

  • Mar 29, 2023
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Chicago's spray-painting poet brings positivity to the streets

  • Dec 12, 2022
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The Healing WELL provides unique wellness opportunities for Tenderloin community

  • Jan 18, 2022
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San Francisco mourns loss of Glide co-founder Janice Mirikitani

  • Jul 29, 2021
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  • Jul 16, 2021

Latest Stories

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'One of our city's true lights': San Francisco mourns loss of Glide co-founder Janice Mirikitani

'We lost a legend': Mirikitani cofounded the Glide Foundation, which has helped San Franciscans in need for decades. She was a philanthropist and poet, who used her words "to further the fight for equality."

  • Jul 30, 2021
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Poet Amanda Gorman says she was tailed by guard on her walk home who thought of her as 'threat'

The 22-year-old said she was walking to her apartment when a guard followed her, assuming she was a threat.

  • Mar 6, 2021
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SF City Lights Booksellers founder, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

One of the most famous poets in the history of the Bay Area has died.

  • Feb 23, 2021
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Bay Area teen unveils painting of Biden inauguration star poet Amanda Gorman

San Jose teenager Tyler Gordon has gone viral for his portraits of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Jennifer Lopez. His newest painting features 2021 inauguration star Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.

  • Jan 26, 2021
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National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman working with SF organization to inspire next wave of writers

The 22-year-old inaugural poet and San Francisco nonprofit 826 National are on a mission: "We strive to ensure that the power and joy of writing is getting into the hands of young people."

  • Jan 22, 2021