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Jane Gentry Vance, Kentucky Poet Laureate
Man! I really should read my KAC newsletters. Here’s a small item from February 20:
Jane Gentry Vance becomes new Kentucky Poet Laureate
Governor Ernie Fletcher has appointed Lexington poet and University of Kentucky, English Department Professor Jane Gentry Vance to serve as Poet Laureate for Kentucky during 2007 and 2008. She will be inducted at a public ceremony and reception tentatively scheduled for April 24, 2007 in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. The Kentucky Arts Council coordinates the nomination and selection process for Kentucky’s Poet Laureate.
Jane Gentry was my first creative writing teacher — I was a nontraditional student, I think she’s actually younger than I am — and I couldn’t be more pleased that she has received this honor. She has been a quiet force for excellence in this state for a long time.
Here is a RainTaxi review of her new collection, Portrait of the Artist as a White Pig (LSU Press, 2006)
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