Brooklynites are a demanding bunch — and they’re demanding a new poet laureate. Last month’s death of the borough’s laureate, Ken Siegelman, has left the poetry world reeling, but after covering his ...

Sharon Mesmer is a poet, prose writer, essayist and professor of creative writing living in Brooklyn. She was born and grew up in Back of the Yards, a Chicago neighborhood named for its proximity to ...

From “In the Papers” to on our radio show! NY1 legend Pat Kiernan joined Brooklyn Paper Radio this week to talk about the sorry state of American media, the sorry state of the American election and ...

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*I didn't even know Brooklyn had a poet laureate, but hey, if it counts, she's got my vote. Ever the supporter of poetry in the borough, however, Hershon immediately suggested two more names for the ...

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