Poet laureate visits Watseka [US]:
Promoting Illinois poets, visiting libraries and meeting people are some of the things Kevin Stein wants to do now that he is Illinois' poet laureate.
Stein visited Watseka yesterday and spoke to a group at the Watseka Public Library about poetry.
He was named poet laureate of Illinois by Gov. Rod Blagojevich in December of 2003. The position had previously held by Gwendolyn Brooks, who also had visited Watseka. Brooks died in 2000 and the spot was left empty until Stein was appointed.
Stein said he wants to share Illinois' rich literary history with the people of today.
One of the ways he has done that is through a website, www.poetlaureate.il.gov
The website, he said, includes not just text but also audio [and video] of poems from Illinois writers. [...]
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