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Date of Birth
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11-June-1961
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Place of Birth
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Danville
(Boyle County, Kentucky, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Frank Walker, Jr.
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Profession
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Poet, Visual Artist, Essayist
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Frank X Walker is an African-American poet from Danville, Kentucky. Walker coined the word "Affrilachia", signifying the importance of the African-American presence in Appalachia: the "new word ... spoke to the union of Appalachian identity and the region's African-American culture and history". As of 2013, he is the Poet Laureate of Kentucky.
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