Frank X. Walker
Our guest poet is the author of four poetry collections: When Winter Come:
the Ascension of York (University Press of Kentucky, 2008); Black Box
(Old Cove Press, 2005); Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York
(University Press of Kentucky, 2003), which won the Lillian Smith Book Award in
2004; and Affrilachia (Old Cove Press, 2000). A 2005
recipient of the Lannan Literary Fellowship in Poetry, Walker serves as Writer
in Residence and lecturer of English at Northern Kentucky University and is the
proud editor and publisher of PLUCK!, the new Journal of Affrilachian
Art & Culture.