Poets Laureate

Each year, the Poet Laureate is selected by the Librarian of Congress in consultation with the current Laureate, past appointees, and poetry critics. Their duties include an annual lecture and poetry reading, introducing other poets in the Library’s annual poetry series, and raising Americans’ awareness of and appreciation for poetry. Some particularly notable Fellows in this position include Joseph Brodsky, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, and Robert Hass.

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James Dickey
1966-68
Richard Wilbur, Poetry, 1952, 1963 _250x250
Richard Wilbur
1987-88
William Meredith, Poetry, 1975 _250x250
William Meredith
1978-80
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Kay Ryan
2008-10
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Randall Jarrell
1956-58
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Robert Fitzgerald
1984-85
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