| 词条 | Frank X Walker |
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| name = Frank X Walker | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|6|11}} | birth_place = Danville, Kentucky | occupation = Poet, educator | nationality = United States | period = 1990s- | genre = Poetry, essays, visual art | subject = Appalachia, history, African-American culture, environment, education | influences = | influenced = }}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 2013-2015.[3] BiographyWalker was born Frank Walker, Jr., in Danville, Kentucky, the second of eleven children. He grew up in Danville, where the family lived in public housing projects. He was an avid reader as a child. He describes himself as both a "nerd" and an athlete in his teenage years. At Danville High School, he played football on the school team, was a member of several clubs, and was twice elected class president.[4] He was recruited to attend the University of Kentucky in engineering, but changed his major to English. Gurney Norman was one of his writing teachers at the University of Kentucky, where he received his undergraduate degree. Walker is a charter member of the Mu Theta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity at the University of Kentucky. He now holds life membership within the organization.[5] It was during his college years that he adopted the middle initial "X", which was given to him by friends.[4] He completed an MFA in Writing at Spalding University in May 2003. A founding member of the Affrilachian Poets,[6] he is the founding editor (2007) and publisher of PLUCK!, the new Journal of Affrilachian Art & Culture.[7] In January 2010, he returned to the University of Kentucky to accept a position as professor in the English Department.[8] In 2013, he was appointed Poet Laureate of Kentucky,[9][3] the first African-American to hold that position.[10] Walker has published five volumes of poetry; Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York won the 2004 Lillian Smith Book Award. Walker's poems have been converted into a stage production by the University of Kentucky Theatre department.[11] Walker has served as founder/Executive Director of the Bluegrass Black Arts Consortium, the Program Coordinator of the University of Kentucky's King Cultural Center, and the Assistant Director of Purdue University's Black Cultural Center. He regularly teaches in writing programs like Fishtrap in Oregon and SplitRock at the University of Minnesota.[12] Awards
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uky.edu/UKHome/see/excellence.html|title=See excellence|publisher=University of Kentucky|accessdate=22 February 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Frank X Walker - English|url=https://english.as.uky.edu/users/fxw2|publisher=University of Kentucky|accessdate=30 January 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Kentucky - State Poets|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/kentucky.html|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=30 January 2018}} 4. ^1 {{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/appalachian_heritage/v039/39.4.spriggs.html |title=Frank X Walker: Exemplar of Affrilachia |author=Bianca Spriggs |journal=Appalachian Heritage |volume=39|number=4 |date=Fall 2011 |pages=21–25 |doi=10.1353/aph.2011.0109}} 5. ^http://www.aceweekly.com/1999/12/this-years-models-1999-frank-x-walker-12-20-1999/ 6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pRC4Ij-HkkC&pg=PA317|title=An American vein|authors=Danny Miller, Sharon Hatfield, Gurney Norman|pages=315–317|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-8214-1589-4}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A31175|title=Affrilachian Poets co-founder Frank X Walker talks about his new cultural journal, Pluck!|author=Bill O'Driscoll|date=May 31, 2007|work=Pittsburgh City Paper}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://english.as.uky.edu/poet-frank-x-walker-join-uk-faculty|title=Poet Frank X Walker to Join UK Faculty|last=Elliot|first=Allison|date=30 November 2009|publisher=University of Kentucky|accessdate=22 February 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2013/02/14/2517027/frank-x-walker-new-ky-poet-laureate.html|title=Frank X Walker new Ky. poet laureate|date=14 February 2013|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|accessdate=22 February 2013}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130214/SCENE05/302140054/First-African-American-appointed-Kentucky-Poet-Laureate|title=Frank X Walker named Kentucky's first African-American poet laureate|last=Kramer|first=Elizabeth|date=14 February 2013|work=The Courier-Journal|accessdate=22 February 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlerentertainment/entries/2009/02/24/choreopoem_by_frank_x_walker_t.html|title='Choreopoem' by Frank X Walker to debut at NKU|author=Richard O. Jones|date=February 24, 2009|work=Dayton Daily News}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cce.umn.edu/pdfs/pep/srap/Artists_in_Residence_1983-2007.pdf|title=Selected Artists in Residence|work=Split Rock Arts Program|year=2007|accessdate=May 26, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205092850/http://cce.umn.edu/pdfs/pep/srap/Artists_in_Residence_1983-2007.pdf|archivedate=February 5, 2009|df=}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lannan.org/literary/detail/frank-x-walker|title=Frank X Walker: 2005 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry|publisher=Lannan Foundation|accessdate=22 February 2013}} 14. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://frankxwalker.com/books.htm|title=Frank X Walker - Affrilachian Poet, Educator, Author of Black Box, Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York, and Affrilachia|website=frankxwalker.com|access-date=2017-01-21}} External links{{external media|audio1 = *[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5298083 "Creative Solutions to Life's Challenges", Frank X Walker, This I Believe], NPR |audio2 = Frank X Walker, The Poet and the Poem 2017-18 Series }}
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