NASCAR

NASCAR names POET Official Bioethanol Partner, becomes first major motorsports series to utilize zero-carbon bioethanol

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR today announced a landmark partnership with POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, naming the company the Official Bioethanol Partner of NASCAR. As part of the ...
Des Moines Register

POET says it will provide zero-carbon ethanol for all NASCAR races

POET, the giant South Dakota biofuel producer with 12 plants in Iowa, says it’s reached a deal with NASCAR to supply the stock car racing circuit with ethanol that has a zero-carbon footprint. POET ...
KTLA

Search underway for Los Angeles’ Poet Laureate

The search is on for an accomplished poet to serve as Los Angeles’ literary ambassador. In a statement, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said that the Poet Laureate “uses poetry and spoken word to inspire, ...
NBC Los Angeles

LA Public Library accepting submissions for 2026 Poet Laureate

The application period to vie for the role of 2026 Los Angeles Poet Laureate is open, Mayor Karen Bass announced Saturday. Poet Laureate is a civic role dedicated to celebrating and advancing the arts ...
The Conversation

A legacy to challenge and inspire: farewell Lionel Fogarty, poet and activist

Dashiell Moore receives funding from the Australia Research Council through a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Benjamin Miller does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...
WLRN

In 'A Poet,' the artist trades torture for levity

There is a belief that to make great art, you need to endure great pain. And to be fair, a lot of great art does come from people who have suffered. Think of Frida Kahlo or Vincent van Gogh. But with ...
The New York Times

From 1966: Anna Akhmatova, Leading Soviet Poet, Is Dead

A towering figure in Soviet literature, she was once silenced in a Stalinist literary purge. By Special to The New York Times This obituary was originally published on March 6, 1966. It is being ...
ktiv

POET biofuels partners with NASCAR in historic renewable fuel deal

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (KTIV) - NASCAR announced a new partnership with POET biofuels that will make the racing series the first major motorsports organization to utilize zero-carbon bioethanol. Under ...
The Guardian

Poem of the week – from plastic: A Poem by Matthew Rice

Two time-stamped poems are taken from a book-length sequence tracking the human moments of a factory night shift 01.29 When we look up at stars on break we see only stars behind the exhaled Milky Way ...
BBC

Poet chosen as region's first young laureate

A young poet, praised for her "passion and originality", has been appointed as East Yorkshire's first young poet laureate. Elspeth Snelling, 26, from Beverley, will receive six months' mentorship and ...
BBC

Poet 'astonished' to receive King's Gold medal

A poet said he is "astonished" to have his work recognised by royalty and to now feature among literary names he has admired for years. Michael Laskey, 81, was awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry ...