Alumnus William “The Poet” Langford (’11, College of Arts and Letters)—a modern-day poet, teaching artist and Fulbright scholar—performed the original work, Pamoja (As One), at the Empower ...

A few days after the presidential election, poet Kim Stafford was driving east from his hometown of Portland, Oregon, when he was struck by a motto on a passing truck filled with Peruvian soft drinks.

Jeffrey Brown talks with Richard Blanco, the poet chosen to read at President Obama’s second swearing-in, about what it means to be a part of the festivities. Blanco, a Spanish born Cuban-American, is ...