Affrilachian Poet Frank X Walker’s New Collection Explores The Civil War In Kentucky

Frank X Walker is a Kentucky poet who in 1991 became a founding member of the Affrilachian poets.  Walker says the word “Affrilachia” “spoke to the union of Appalachian identity and the region’s African-American culture and history.”  Walker has a new book, Load in Nine Times. Inside Appalachia host Mason Adams recently spoke with him... View Article The post Affrilachian Poet Frank X Walker’s New Collection Explores The Civil War In Kentucky appeared first on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.