SALEM — At the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll announced that Regie Gibson has been selected to serve as Massachusetts Inaugural Poet Laureate. This selection follows an exhaustive search with over a hundred applications designed to identify a poet who will amplify poetry and creative expression across Massachusetts.
“Regie Gibson is a talented poet with a proven commitment to community engagement and a deep appreciation for the history, beauty and resilience of our state and our people. He sees his poetry as a means of bringing people together, finding common ground and building stronger communities,” Healey said. “We congratulate him on his many accomplishments and for being named Massachusetts’ first-ever Poet Laureate, and we extend our deep thanks to Michael Bobbitt, the Mass Cultural Council and the advisory Poet Laureate Nominating Committee for their work to make this special new tradition possible.”
“Our administration has been committed to supporting arts and culture across Massachusetts, and today’s announcement is an exciting step toward promoting creative expression from the Berkshires to the Cape,” Driscoll said. “We’re lucky to have Regie Gibson step into this role and work with us to organize public readings across Massachusetts and foster a robust creative economy.”…