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". As of 2013, he is the Poet Laureate of Kentucky.
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Awards
- 2004 Winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award
- 2006 Thomas D. Clark Literary Award for Excellence, Actors Theatre's Keeper of the Chronicle Award
- 2005 Recipient of a $75,000 Lannan Literary Fellowship in Poetry
- Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Fellowship recipient
- 2013-14 Kentucky Poet Laureate
- 2014 NAACP Image Award: Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry.
Poetry
- Isaac Murphy: I dedicate this ride
- When Winter Come: the Ascension of York. University Press of Kentucky. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8131-9184-3.
- Black Box. Old Cove Press. 2005. ISBN 0-9675424-1-3.
- Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York. University Press of Kentucky. 2003. ISBN 0-8131-9088-6.
- Affrilachia. Old Cove Press. 2000. ISBN 0-9675424-0-5
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