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A book by Kentucky Poet Laureate and UK associate professor Crystal Wilkinson has won this year’s NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in poetry. WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports.
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Crystal Wilkinson is the first black woman to be appointed Kentucky Poet Laureate. She spoke with us recently about her rural roots, her writing, and how…
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The Kentucky Arts Council says poet, author and teacher Frederick Smock has been named as Kentucky Poet Laureate for 2017-2018.A statement from the…
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Lexington author and educator George Ella Lyon is set to become Kentucky’s 27th poet laureate. Governor Steve Beshear made the announcement official…
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A former Kentucky Poet Laureate has died after an 18 month long battle with cancer. Jane Gentry Vance passed away this week.Dr. Jane Gentry Vance's first…
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Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X. Walker has won an NAACP Image Award. Walker, the author of Turn Me Loose, The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was…