Encore! Arthur Sze reappointed as National Poet Laureate

Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

04/14/2026 02:45 PM EDT

Arthur Sze will serve a second term as the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2026-2027, the Library announced today, as we highlight National Poetry Month. His newest book, “Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry,” features translations from 13 languages and provides a personal guide to poetry in translation. It will be published today by Copper Canyon Press in association with the Library. Sze will be at the Library on April 14 for a conversation with the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Simon Armitage, on the art and process of writing and translating poetry

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