Thursday, March 29
11:30-12:45 p.m.
124 Sparks
The Paterno Fellows Program is cosponsoring an informal conversation with poet and multidisciplinary artist Frank Walker on Thursday, March 29, 11:30-12:45 in 124 Sparks. Lunch will be provided and the conversation is limited to the first 25 people who sign up, so Paterno Fellows should please send your RSVPs ASAP to Barbara Edwards (bae1@psu.edu). Reserve your place now.
Frank Walker is on the faculty of the University of Kentucky. A founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, he is the author of four poetry collections: When Winter Come: the Ascension of York; Black Box; Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York (winner of the 35th Annual Lillian Smith Book Award); and Affrilachia.
He will also offer a public presentation of his work on Wednesday, March 28, at 3:30 in 113 Carnegie.
Frank Walker’s poems have been converted into a stage production by the University of Kentucky Theatre department and widely anthologized in numerous collections. He was the first Kentucky writer to be featured on NPR’s This I Believe, and he has appeared on television in PBS’s GED Connection Series, Writing: Getting Ideas on Paper. He also co-produced a video documentary, Coal Black Voices: the History of the Affrilachian Poets, which received the 2002-2003 Jesse Stuart Award. And his visual art is in the private collections of Spike Lee, Opal Palmer Adisa, Morris FX Jeff, and Bill and Camille Cosby.
Walker regularly teaches in writing programs like Fishtrap in Oregon and SplitRock at the University of Minnesota; and is the proud editor and publisher of PLUCK!, the new Journal of Affrilachian Art & Culture.