An American Poet
28th January 2019
Kevin Williamson gets it wrong.
The institution of U.S. poet laureate is one of the most American things there is.
Actually, it was copied from the British, who liking having such sinecures to pass out, and especially like having an Official Poet to write Official Poetry to glorify the nation and the regime. It is actually an entirely inappropriate thing for an American government to do, and took root only when the central government started feeling imperial.