Word: populists
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...thrilled to death to be elected Poet Populist because I’ve always seen myself as a populist who’s also a poet,” says Payack, “I’ve always tried to take poetry out of books and libraries and put it into the community...
Although Payack has already carved a niche out for himself in the community, he can now further his plans to improve Cambridge life in his one-year term as Poet Populist...
...Poet Populist job description, which includes a $1,000 stipend funded by the city of Cambridge, is deliberately ambiguous to accommodate the interests of the individual who is elected, according to Weeks...
While Payack is Cambridge’s first Poet Populist, the idea originated in Seattle, Wash., the only other U.S. city to boast such a program...
Seattle Poet Populist Program Manager Bob F. Redmond said the position was implemented in 1999 based on an idea by City Council President Nick Licata “to honor the literary arts and get the general public involved...