BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.getlocalhop.com//localhop-calendar//EN URL:https://api.getlocalhop.com/calendar?instance=tm337ZMaMv&series=false BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-tm337ZMaMv@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20240328T171954Z DTSTART:20230508T200000Z DTEND:20230508T210000Z SUMMARY:Author Talk: Frank X Walker LOCATION:Johnson City Public Library\, 100 West Millard Street Johnson Cit y\, TN 37604\, Jones Meeting Room DESCRIPTION:
Award-winning poet Frank X Walker will discuss his ne w children's book\, A is for Affrilachia\, on Monday\, May 8 at 4 p.m. Walker's book will be available for purchase from Atlas Books at the event\, and Walker will sign copies of his work. No registration required . Call (423) 434-4454 for more information.
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\nA is for Affrilachia was published in February 2023. Voted one of the m ost creative professors in the south\, Walker has published eleven collect ions of poetry\, and coined the term &ldquo\;Affrilachia&rdquo\; and co- f ounded the Affrilachian Poets. Walker is the founding editor of Pluck! Jou rnal of Affrilachian Arts and Culture and serves as Professor of English a nd African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
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