FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Poets laureate will fill the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda with readings to celebrate Kentucky Writers’ Day on Thursday.
Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker will be joined by past poets laureate Maureen Morehead, Gurney Norman, Jane Gentry Vance, Sena Jeter Naslund, Joe Survant and Richard Taylor for the free program beginning at 10 a.m. EDT.
Groups interested in celebrating Kentucky writers but who can’t be at the event can use the Kentucky Arts Council’s Writers’ Day Planning Guide, which is available free on the agency’s website at https://artscouncil.ky.gov .
Also joining in the event will be Aline Dolinh, the southeastern U.S. representative in the National Student Poets Program.
Writers’ Day is held each year on or around April 24, the birthdate of Kentucky native Robert Penn Warren, the first U.S. poet laureate.
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