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New Books in Literature
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)

New Books in Literature

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 84:30


For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

New Books in African American Studies
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)

New Books in African American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 84:30


For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

New Books Network
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 84:30


For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Military History
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)

New Books in Military History

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 84:30


For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

New Books in Poetry
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)

New Books in Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 84:30


For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

New Books in the American South
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)

New Books in the American South

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 84:30


For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-south

New Books in Historical Fiction
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)

New Books in Historical Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 84:30


For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

In Conversation
Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell

In Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 28:01


Louisville Public Media is celebrating 75 years of service to our community. As part of that celebration, we're sharing the stories of 75 people who've helped shape Louisville, in a project called 75 and Change. On this episode, we sit down with one of those changemakers, Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell, for a conversation about the power of poetry, the role of a laureate, and what it means to represent Kentucky's literary voice.

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network
Tammy Oberhausen The Evolution Of The Gospelettes With M Hendrix

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 27:49


Thirty full years after Kentucky author Tammy Oberhausen started writing her first novel, THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES is finally in print. Oberhausen's debut novel was published on November 5th by Fireside Industries, an imprint of the University Press of Kentucky which is run by none other than Kentucky Poet Laureate and New York Times bestseller Silas House.     Spanning thirty years from the ‘70s through the millennium, THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES tells the story of an 18-year-old Kentuckian named Jeannie Holliman whose father refuses to let her go to college on a music scholarship but instead decides her destiny is to be the center of his new family gospel group.  In the beginning, Jeannie believes her family is doing the work of God, but as the years pass, she starts to question the motives of those around her and wonders how she can save her family from being destroyed by people driven by greed and power.     Oberhausen visits Authors on the Air to talk about what it's like to work towards this goal for three decades, how it feels to have finally achieved this goal, and what advice she has for other authors fighting for publication. This is a must listen for all aspiring authors and anyone who wants to be inspired by an author who never gave up.

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network
Tammy Oberhausen The Evolution Of The Gospelettes With M Hendrix

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 27:49


Thirty full years after Kentucky author Tammy Oberhausen started writing her first novel, THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES is finally in print. Oberhausen's debut novel was published on November 5th by Fireside Industries, an imprint of the University Press of Kentucky which is run by none other than Kentucky Poet Laureate and New York Times bestseller Silas House.     Spanning thirty years from the ‘70s through the millennium, THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES tells the story of an 18-year-old Kentuckian named Jeannie Holliman whose father refuses to let her go to college on a music scholarship but instead decides her destiny is to be the center of his new family gospel group.  In the beginning, Jeannie believes her family is doing the work of God, but as the years pass, she starts to question the motives of those around her and wonders how she can save her family from being destroyed by people driven by greed and power.     Oberhausen visits Authors on the Air to talk about what it's like to work towards this goal for three decades, how it feels to have finally achieved this goal, and what advice she has for other authors fighting for publication. This is a must listen for all aspiring authors and anyone who wants to be inspired by an author who never gave up.

Appalachian Shine
Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon

Appalachian Shine

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 45:32


George Ella Lyon, Kentucky Poet Laureate, author and musician joins us to share her story growing up in Harlan, KY and her journey into the craft and world of poetry.  #GeorgeEllaLyon #poets #Appalachia #HarlanKY 

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Prompt to Page
George Ella Lyon

Prompt to Page

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 25:04


Do you wonder if you have a book inside you? According to Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame member George Ella Lyon, "you have to write to find out." George Ella says writers "have to dwell in uncertainty. Because that's the one thing that's certain, is that you'll be uncertain."George Ella, who writes for all ages in multiple genres, shares the prompt that inspired her to write Many Storied House: Poems. So take out some paper (two sheets of at least 8.5 x 11") and get ready to draw your way into your next story, poem, or essay.About George Ella LyonHarlan County native George Ella Lyon writes in multiple genres for readers of all ages. She has published five poetry collections, a novel and memoir for adults, novels and poetry for young people, and many children's picture books. Her most recent titles include Back to the Light: Poems (Univ. Press of Ky 2021) and Time to Fly (Atheneum 2022). Her poem “Where I'm From” has gone around the world as a writing model. Married to musician and writer Steve Lyon, she served as Kentucky Poet Laureate (2015-2016) and was recently inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.

Think Humanities Podcasts
Episode 306 - Richard Taylor, Author

Think Humanities Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 34:52


Richard Taylor, former Kentucky Poet Laureate, is back in the THINK HUMANITIES studio to talk about his new memoir, "Fathers." Richard talks to host Bill Goodman about interconnections between fathers and father figures in his life and his family, from the Civil War through the present. THINK HUMANITIES is made possible by generous support from the Spalding University Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing.

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Kentucky Edition
March 20, 2023 - A wildfire is spreading at Natural Bridge State Resort Park

Kentucky Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 27:30


A wildfire is spreading at Natural Bridge State Resort Park, journalist Mark Payne discusses his story about a GOP gubernatorial hopeful's messaging strategy, a new store in Lexington is creating a buzz, Kelsey Starks takes News Quiz to STLP at Rupp Arena, and a new Kentucky Poet Laureate.

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network
Poet and Children's Author Frank X. Walker on Now, Appalachia

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 30:01


On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Affrilachian poet, educator, and children's book author Frank X. Walker about his latest children's book A IS FOR AFFRILACHIA. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published eleven collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. He is also the author of Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, winner of the 2004 Lillian Smith Book Award, and Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride, which he adapted for stage, earning him the Paul Green Foundation Playwrights Fellowship Award. His poetry was also dramatized for the 2016 Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, WV and staged by Message Theater for the 2015 Breeders Cup Festival.

Now, Appalachia Interview with Affrilanchian Poet and Children's Book author Frank X. Walker

"Now, Appalachia"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 30:01


On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Affrilachian poet, educator, and children's book author Frank X. Walker about his latest children's book A IS FOR AFFRILACHIA. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published eleven collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. He is also the author of Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, winner of the 2004 Lillian Smith Book Award, and Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride, which he adapted for stage, earning him the Paul Green Foundation Playwrights Fellowship Award. His poetry was also dramatized for the 2016 Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, WV and staged by Message Theater for the 2015 Breeders Cup Festival. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network
Poet and Children's Author Frank X. Walker on Now, Appalachia

Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 30:01


On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Affrilachian poet, educator, and children's book author Frank X. Walker about his latest children's book A IS FOR AFFRILACHIA. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published eleven collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. He is also the author of Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, winner of the 2004 Lillian Smith Book Award, and Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride, which he adapted for stage, earning him the Paul Green Foundation Playwrights Fellowship Award. His poetry was also dramatized for the 2016 Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, WV and staged by Message Theater for the 2015 Breeders Cup Festival.

Connections with Renee Shaw
Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson

Connections with Renee Shaw

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 27:44


Renee Shaw talks with Crystal Wilkinson, Kentucky's poet laureate 2021-2022, about her recent and upcoming projects. Wilkinson is the award-winning author of Perfect Black, a collection of poems, and three works of fiction - The Birds of Opulence, Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries.

Soapbox Diaries
Soapbox Diaries S5 E12 w/ Crystal Wilkinson

Soapbox Diaries

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 48:40


Our guest today is Crystal Wilkinson, the 2021-22 Kentucky Poet Laureate. She is the first African-American woman to hold this position. In addition, she is the author of the newly released, “Perfect Black.” It is said that Perfect Black combines Crystal's deep love for her rural roots with a passion for language and storytelling in this compelling collection of poetry and prose about girlhood, racism, and political awakening, imbued with vivid imagery of growing up in Southern Appalachia.

Inside Appalachia
Crystal Wilkinson, Candy-Makers And A Cross-Cultural Music Collaboration

Inside Appalachia

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021


This week's episode of Inside Appalachia is an encore episode filled with rich storytelling and cross-cultural collaborations. What happens when a musician from Belarus gets together with Appalachian folk musicians? And we'll talk with Affrilachian writer Crystal Wilkinson, who has been named this year's Kentucky Poet Laureate. You'll hear these stories and more in this episode.

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Inside Appalachia
Crystal Wilkinson, Candy-Makers And A Cross-Cultural Music Collaboration

Inside Appalachia

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 53:22


This week's episode of Inside Appalachia is an encore episode filled with rich storytelling and cross-cultural collaborations. What happens when a musician from Belarus gets together with Appalachian folk musicians? And we'll talk with Affrilachian writer Crystal Wilkinson, who has been named this year's Kentucky Poet Laureate. You'll hear these stories and more in this episode.

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KyArtsCast
Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson - Episode 27

KyArtsCast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 47:28


"Everyone asks me, especially when I'm traveling around the country...'What is it? feel like you all have something special there in Kentucky. Why is it that this idea of a Kentucky writer is such a special thing?' And I think it's special because we're always reaching out for the next wave of writers. That's been part of the tradition." Learn more about the woman who will be Kentucky's literary ambassador for the next two years, Crystal Wilkinson. She will be inducted as Kentucky Poet Laureate April 23 as we celebrate Kentucky Writers' Day.  Episode footnotes: Kentucky Writers' Day page Kentucky Poet Laureate page Watch Kentucky Writers' Day on the Kentucky Arts Council Facebook page or YouTube channel

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Reading Envy
Reading Envy 218: Reading Gaps with Kendra

Reading Envy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021


Jenny and Kendra catch up on books they've read and liked recently. Kendra also shares how the Reading Women Podcast has changed in the last two years, what her Read Appalachia project is all about, and how she organizes her books (it's unusual!)Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 218: Reading Gaps Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:  Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela VaswaniGilgamesh by Joan LondonF*ckface: And Other Stories by Leah HamptonWe Trade Our Night for Someone Else's Day by Ivana Bodrozic, translated by Ellen Elias-BursacEven as we Breathe by Annette Saunooke ClapsaddleOther mentions:Read AppalachiaThe Prettiest Star by Carter SickelsSouthernmost by Silas House "Dear America" booksThe Stella PrizeTracker by Alexis Wright (link goes to Google since Bookshop didn't have it yet)All the Birds, Singing by Evie WyldThe Bass Rock by Evie Wyld"Lost in a (Mis)Gendered Appalachia" by Leah Hampton, in GuernicaThe Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanet KhanThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawNational Gingerbread House Competition at the Omni Grove Park InnUniversity of Kentucky - Fireside IndustriesCrystal Wilkinson, Kentucky Poet LaureateRandall KenanThe International Booker PrizeThe Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele HutchisonBlack Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets edited by Bianca Lynne Spriggs et alAn Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky, translated by Jackie SmithRelated episodes:Episode 102 - The Reading Women Reading Envy Crossover Episode Episode 195 - Muchness with NadineEpisode 199 - Awkward Melancholy with KarenEpisode 212 - Subtly Fascinating with VinnyEpisode 213 - Funicular Reads with BiancaStalk us online: Reading Women Podcast Kendra on Instagram,  Twitter, Goodreads, and YouTubeJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Soapbox Diaries
Soapbox Diaries S4 E1 w/ Frank X Walker

Soapbox Diaries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 33:48


This is our debut of Season 4. Today’s guest on Soapbox Diaries is Frank X Walker, former Kentucky Poet Laureate and author of the new book, Masked Man: Black, Pandemic and Protest Poems. We discuss his creative work in response to coronavirus and this summer’s protests, as well as his take on where America goes next.  

KyArtsCast
'Poetry Unites Kentucky' documentary project and how to nominate for Kentucky Poet Laureate

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 35:57


Kentucky's connection to poetry will be the subject of a an upcoming episode of the documentary series "Poetry Unites America." On this episode of KyArtsCast, we talk with Ewa Sandrzynska, the documentary filmmaker behind the series, about how Kentuckians can contribute to the episode via an essay contest she is conducting. Deadline for submission to the contest is Sept. 15, so listen to this episode to find out more about the project! We also chat with Tamara Coffey of the Kentucky Arts Council about the nomination process for Kentucky Poet Laureate. The deadline to nominate someone for that important position is Oct. 1. Episode footnotes Poetry Unites Kentucky Facebook page Submit your essay! Guidelines for Kentucky Poet Laureate nominations

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National Poetry Month - Jeff Worley 4/30

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 2:37


Kentucky Poet Laureate, Jeff Worley, recites one of his favorite poems written by former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor.

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National Poetry Month - Richard Taylor 4/29

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 1:45


Professor of English at Transylvania University and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor, reads “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden.

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Episode 81 - Frank X Walker, Poet

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 35:25


April is National Poetry Month, and Kentucky Humanities is celebrating with a poem a day from Kentucky’s most celebrated poets, including Frank X Walker. Walker is the former Kentucky Poet Laureate and is a Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and coined the term "Affrilachia."

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National Poetry Month - Frank X Walker 4/25

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 2:12


Frank X Walker, Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, reads his poem “Thumbwrestlers” in honor of his father.

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National Poetry Month - Jeff Worley 4/24

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 2:45


Kentucky Poet Laureate, Jeff Worley, recites "Whiteness" by his favorite poet, Stephen Dunn. Worley favors this poem for his imagery and connection of nature’s beauty.

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National Poetry Month - Richard Taylor 4/23

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 2:51


Professor of English at Transylvania University and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor, reads one of his own poems titled “Night Driving.”

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National Poetry Month - Frank X Walker 4/19

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 2:04


Frank X Walker, Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, reads “Praisesong for a Mountain” by Bianca Lynne Spriggs.

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National Poetry Month - Jeff Worley 4/18

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 2:42


Kentucky Poet Laureate, Jeff Worley, recites "The First Book" by former United States Poet Laureate, Rita Dove.

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National Poetry Month - Richard Taylor 4/17

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 2:25


Professor of English at Transylvania University and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor, reads “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford.

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Jeff Worley Named Kentucky Poet Laureate

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 15:11


Jeff Worley Named Kentucky Poet Laureate by Research Communications

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National Poetry Month - Frank X Walker 4/13

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2019 2:03


Frank X Walker, Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, reads his poem “In Another Universe.”

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National Poetry Month - Richard Taylor 4/11

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 2:30


Professor of English at Transylvania University and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor, reads “Topography” by Sharon Olds.

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National Poetry Month - Frank X Walker 4/7

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 2:12


Frank X Walker, Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, reads one of his own poems, titled “Botany for Kumasi" written in honor of his son.

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National Poetry Month - Jeff Worley 4/6

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 5:00


Kentucky Poet Laureate, Jeff Worley, recites one of his latest poems, “Ode to a Sharp Shinned Hawk.”

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National Poetry Month - Richard Taylor 4/5

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 2:30


Dr. Richard Taylor, former Kentucky Poet Laureate and Professor of English at Transylvania University, reads one of his own poems titled “Wildness.”

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National Poetry Month - Frank X Walker 4/1

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 2:58


Frank X Walker, Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, reads "Terrain" by Crystal Wilkinson.

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Poets of the NWP Writers Council: An Interview with George Ella Lyon

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2018 12:41


Join us for one of three NWP Radio episodes, as we close out the 2018 National Poetry Month with interviews of NWP Writers Council members who will talk with us about their poetry, their writing, their process, and more. Part one features George Ella Lyon, a poet, teacher, and the 2015-2016 Kentucky Poet Laureate.

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Episode 46: Kentucky Poet Laureate Frederick Smock on Fossils, Travel, and Paying Attention

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2017 38:04


This week's show was recorded live at the Writers' Block Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, in October 2017. Kentucky's Poet Laureate, Frederick Smock, was my guest -- we talked about how children are natural poets, how his father taught him to be a professional "noticer," and what writers can learn from rejection.

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The Affrilachian Origins Of Pluck! with Frank X Walker

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 7:37


English Professor and Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker introduces us to the history and origins of Affrilachia while also fast-forwarding to it's present-day development in Kentucky's first Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture known as Pluck!. In this podcast, Walker discusses the importance of Affrilachia in further opening the doors of Appalachia's cultural and racial diversity and how Pluck! plays its own role in continuing this exploration. For more information about Affrilachian poets, please head to http://www.affrilachianpoets.org/. This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.

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