2024

On Saturday the community will gather at Featherstone Center for the Arts to celebrate Claudia Taylor as the new poet laureate of the Vineyard. The program begins at 4 p.m.

Claudia Taylor has been chosen as the new poet laureate of Martha’s Vineyard for the 2024-2026 term.

The Martha’s Vineyard Poet Laureate Society is looking for the Island’s next poet laureate. The position is a two-year term, and aimed at fostering connections through poetry.

2022

Billy Collins, the bestselling poet and former U.S. poet laureate, delighted a packed house at Featherstone Center for the Arts with his carefully observed poetry and humor.

West Tisbury’s new poet laureate is Tain Leonard-Peck, whose appointment was confirmed by the select board Wednesday afternoon.

2019

Justen Ahren has always been a musician as well as a writer, releasing his first album Remembering more than 20 years ago.

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