Poet Laureate of Mississippi

Incumbent
Catherine Pierce
since 2021

Type| Poet Laureate
Formation| 1963
First holder| Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw

The Poet Laureate of Mississippi is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Natasha Trethewey was poet laureate in 2012.

## List of Poets Laureate

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#  | Poet laureate  | Term began  | Term ended  | Appointed by  | Notes

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1 | Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw | 1963 | 1971 (death) | Gov. Ross Barnett | [1]
2 | Louise Moss Montgomery | 1973 | January 1978 (death) | Gov. William Waller | [1]
3 | Winifred Hamrick Farrar | 31 July 1978 | 6 November 2010 (death) | Gov. Cliff Finch | [1]
4 | Natasha Trethewey | January 2012 | 2016 | Gov. Haley Barbour | [1]
5 | Beth Ann Fennelly | August 2016 | March 2021 | Gov. Phil Bryant | [2]
6  | Catherine Pierce  | April 2021  | present  | Gov. Tate Reeves | [3]

## External links

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* Poets Laureate of Mississippi at the Library of Congress

## See also

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* Poetry portal

* Poet laureate
* List of U.S. states' poets laureate
* United States Poet Laureate

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Library of Congress. U.S. State Poets Laureate: Mississippi. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
2. ^ Schnugg, Alyssa (10 August 2016). "Oxford's Beth Ann Fennelly named Mississippi poet laureate". Oxford Eagle. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
3. ^ "Catherine Pierce named new Mississippi poet laureate". The Clarion-Ledger. Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

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Poets Laureate of Mississippi

* Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw (1963-1971)
* Louise Moss Montgomery (1973-1978)
* Winifred Hamrick Farrar (1978-2010)
* Natasha Trethewey (2012-2016)
* Beth Ann Fennelly (2016-2021)
* Catherine Pierce (2021-present)

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