Urb names Youth Poet Laureate & Youth Poet in Resident

Urbstetiks announced Jelani Penny-Johnson, Metro Academic and Classical high school junior, the 2023 St. Louis Youth Poet Laureate. Additionally, Parkway North senior Tyrelle H.C. will serve as their Youth Poet in Residence for the summer of 2023. Both youth poets begin their duties this month with their first public reading at UrbArts Gallery in Old North St. Louis, the headquarters for Urbstetiks. Their poetry reading takes place during an Urbstetiks student art exhibition at 6:00 …

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