birth_place subject nationality birth_date period genre article_title name occupation
danville , kentucky appalachia education , history , african-american culture , environment , united states 11 june 1961 1990s - poetry , essays , visual art frank x walker
 frank x walker poet , educator
frank x walker

frank x walker -lrb- born june 11 , 1961 -rrb- 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 '' .
, he is the poet laureate of kentucky .
