Frank x walker biography
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Frank x walker biography
Frank X Walker
African-American poet from Kentucky, born 1961.
Frank X Walker | |
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Frank X Walker | |
| Born | (1961-06-11) June 11, 1961 (age 63) Danville, Kentucky |
| Occupation | Poet, educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1990s–present |
| Genre | Poetry, essays, visual art |
| Subject | Appalachia, history, African-American culture, environment, education |
Frank X Walker (born June 11, 1961) is an African American poet from Danville, Kentucky.
Walker coined the word "Affrilachia", signifying the importance of the African American presence in Appalachia: the "new word ... spoke to the union of Appalachian identity and the region's African-American culture and history".[1] He is a professor in the English department at the University of Kentucky[2] and was the Poet Laureate of Kentucky from 2013 to 2015.[3]
Biography
Walker was born Frank Walker Jr., in Danville, Kentucky, the second of eleven children.
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