Frank X Walker
Poet Laureate of Kentucky, 2013–14
Frank X Walker is the author of several poetry collections, including Load in Nine Times (W. W. Norton, 2024), nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and A is for Affrilachia (The University Press of Kentucky, 2023).
The recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Black Caucus American Library Association, among other organizations, Walker served as the poet laureate of Kentucky from 2013–14. He lives in Lexington.