Jaki Shelton Green, ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina appointed in 2018, is the first African American and third woman to be appointed. Some of her recognitions include 2022 Forbes Magazine 50 Over 50 Lifestyle List, 2021 UNC Chapel Hill Frank B. Hanes Writer in Residence, 2019 NC Humanities Council Caldwell Award, 2019 Academy of American Poet Laureate Fellow, 2014 Induction into NC Literary Hall of Fame, 2009 NC Piedmont Laureate appointment, 2003 NC Award for Literature recipient. She is the author of ten collections of poetry, cd's, and a vinyl LP. Jaki Shelton Green is the owner of SistaWRITE providing creativity retreats for women writers across the US, North Africa, and Europe. Recently retired from teaching Documentary Poetry at Duke University Center for Documentary Studies and the Poet Laureate for the NC Museum of Art, she currently serves as the 2026 Artist in Residence for the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and is poetry editor for WALTER Magazine.  


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