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Massachusetts swears in first state poet laureate Reggie Gibson
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Reggie Gibson was sworn in as Massachusetts’ first state poet laureate at a ceremony in Salem. The administration and Mass Cultural Council said the role will send the poet into schools, public spaces and community programs to amplify poetry across the commonwealth.
Reggie Gibson was sworn in as Massachusetts’ first state poet laureate at a ceremony at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, where Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll administered the oath.
The new role, created this year by the Healey–Driscoll administration and organized by the Mass Cultural Council, is intended to expand poetry programs in schools and public spaces across the commonwealth. "Words are powerful. They pave the way forward," Governor Maura Healey said during the ceremony as she introduced Gibson.
Michael Bobbitt, executive director…
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