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Frank X Walker was born in Danville, Kentucky, and earned a BA from the University of Kentucky and an MFA from Spaulding University. He helped to found the Affrilachian Poets group and served as founding editor and publisher of PLUCK!, the new Journal of Affrilachian Art & Culture. His poetry collections include Load in Nine Times (Liveright, 2024), winner of a PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, About Flight (2015), Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar...
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