1 min read

Gov Appoints Vermillion Woman As South Dakota Poet Laureate

Associated Press0

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota has a new poet laureate.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed Lee Ann Roripaugh of Vermillion to succeed David Allan Evans, who is retiring as South Dakota’s poet laureate after serving more than a dozen years. Roripaugh will serve a four-year term.

Roripaugh is the author of four volumes of poetry and has received various awards and recognitions. She teaches creative writing at the University of South Dakota and is the editor of the quarterly journal “South Dakota Review.”

The South Dakota Arts Council works closely with the poet laureate. Council Director Michael Pangburn says Roripaugh’s work “is outstanding.”

The AP is one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers and commercial customers. AP is neither privately owned nor government-funded; instead, as a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members, it can maintain its single-minded focus on newsgathering and its commitment to the highest standards of objective, accurate journalism.
Website http://ap.org/

Related Posts