Poet Laureate

Celisa Steele Interview Part I: Carrboro Poet Laureate

November 19, 2014

On Thursday October 30, 2014, Tate Street High Society Managing Editor, Abigail Browning met with Celisa Steele, the current Carrboro, North Carolina Poet Laureate, at a local coffee shop, The Looking Glass. Bright, articulate, and thoughtful, Celisa Steele spoke with a welcoming and focused [...]

Celisa Steele Interview Part II: The Creative Process

November 19, 2014

On Thursday October 30, 2014, Tate Street High Society Managing Editor, Abigail Browning met with Celisa Steele, the current Carrboro, North Carolina Poet Laureate, at a local coffee shop, The Looking Glass. About her craft, Steele remarked that poetry is “about a very specific type of naming” [...]

Poetry Sounds: Robert Pinsky, “The Shirt”

July 28, 2013

Poetry Sounds is a new segment at Tate Street High Society that features poets reading aloud their work. Sometimes, as readers, we forget that poetry is an intensely visceral form, one that began with ancient storytelling and song in which bards interpreted and communicated the heroics of the [...]