Jones and Coggin were among 22 state, county and city poet laureates across the country who received the funding, which will “support them in creating new work, as well as … enable them to undertake meaningful, impactful, and innovative projects that enrich the lives of their neighbors, including youth, through responsive and interactive poetry activities.”
Patricia Spears Jones
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Patricia Spears Jones named recipient of Porter Fund’s Lifetime Achievement Award
A Forrest City native and the author of five poetry collections, Spears Jones won the Jackson Poetry Prize in 2017 and is currently the State Poet of New York, where she’s lived since the 1970s.