- Old Cove Press.
Frank X
Walker co-founded The
Affrilachian Poets and in 2009,
created The
Affrilachian Journal of Arts and Culture.
Frank X
Walker is...
-
according to
Katharine Capshaw Smith, "perhaps the
earliest example of
Affrilachian children's literature.".
Bessie Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia...
- "Carolina
Chocolate Drops:
Performative Expressions and
Reception of
Affrilachian Identity",
Appalachia Revisited (2016), ed. by
William Schumann, Rebecca...
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founding member of the
Affrilachian Poets (started 1991), he also
launched (as
editor and publisher) PLUCK! – The New
Journal of
Affrilachian Art &
Culture in...
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roots and
worked to
change the way the
world views Appalachians and
Affrilachians.
Giovanni taught at
Queens College, Rutgers, and Ohio State, and was...
- Resilience.
Cochran also co-curated the
inaugural museum exhibition of the
Affrilachian Artist Project, at the
August Wilson Cultural Center in Pittsburgh, an...
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young authors. Lyn's
first publications as an
individual author are
Affrilachian Tales and
Beyond the
Briar Patch. Both
books are
compilations of stories...
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founder of
Torch Literary Arts, and
cofounder of #BlackPoetsSpeakOut. An
Affrilachian poet,
former Cave
Canem Foundation Board President, and
Austin Project...
- African-American
feminist writer from Kentucky, and
proponent of the
Affrilachian Poet movement. She is
winner of a 2022
NAACP Image Award and a 2021 O...
- pokeweed, corn, and
fiddlehead greens. Poet
Frank X
Walker coined the term "
Affrilachian" to
signify the
importance of the African-American
presence in Appalachia...
