Frank X Walker is a native of Danville, KY and a graduate of Danville High School and the University of Kentucky and completed an MFA in Writing at Spalding University. A founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, he is the editor of Eclipsing a Nappy New Millennium and the author of Affrilachia, a collection of poems that has recently been nominated for the Kentucky Public Librarians' Choice Award. A Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Fellowship recipient, his poetry has been converted into a stage production by the University of Kentucky Theatre department and widely anthologized in numerous collections. His most recent poetry collections are Black Box and Bufflalo Dance, the Journey of York. Frank X won the 2004 Lillian Smith Book Award and that he is the recipient of a 2005 Lannan Literary Fellowship.

Mr. Walker will speak on February 2, 2006, at Western Kentucky University’s Glasgow Campus at 3:00 and at the Bowling Green Public Library at 6:30 p.m. On February 3, he will speak at Western Kentucky University’s Java City at 10:00 a.m.