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Arts Council
Kentucky Poets Laureate Highlight the Literary Arts at Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Poet Laureate Jane Gentry Vance and past Poets Laureate Joe Survant (2003-2004), and Richard Taylor (1999-2000) will present readings from their works during the public days of Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008, South Wing B at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.
Appointed to a two-year term by the Governor, the Poet Laureate promotes the literary arts and leads the state in literary activities, including Kentucky Writers’ Day, which is celebrated annually on April 24th to honor the birthday of Kentuckian Robert Penn Warren, the nation’s first Poet Laureate.
Current Kentucky Poet Laureate Jane Gentry Vance (published as Jane Gentry) teaches in the English and Honors Departments at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She is the author of several collections of poems, including Portrait of the Artist as a White Pig (2006); A Year in Kentucky: A Garland of Poems (2005); and A Garden in Kentucky (1995). Her poems have also been published in prominent anthologies and journals such as The Sewanee Review, Harvard Magazine, Southern Poetry Review, The American Voice and Humanities in the South.
Former Poet Laureate Joe Survant is a retired professor of English at Western Kentucky University and the author of Anne & Alpheus: 1842-1882 (1996); The Presence of Snow in the Tropics (2001); and Rafting Rise (2002). Anne & Alpheus: 1842-1882 and Rafting Rise are the first two parts of a Kentucky trilogy in progress. His poems have been published in many magazines and journals, including The American Voice, Prairie Schooner, Poet & Critic, Strand Magazine, Chelsea, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Nimrod, Cincinnati Poetry Review, Hellas, Exquisite Corpse, and The Columbia Review.
Former Poet Laureate Richard L. Taylor is a Professor of English at Kentucky State University, antiquarian book dealer, and the author of essays, fiction and poetry. His works include Bluegrass (1975); Earth Bones (1979); Three Kentucky Tragedies (1991); In the Country of Morning Calm (2001); Stone Eye: Poems (2001); Three Kentucky Tragedies (1991) and The Great Crossing: A Historic Journey to Buffalo Trace Distillery (2002).
The Poets Laureate will read from the reading area at the entrance to Publishers’ Row (Aisle 700) at Kentucky Crafted: The Market on Saturday, March 8 from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 9 from 1:00 -3:00 p.m. Each reading will be followed by a book signing. Throughout the weekend there will also be readings and book signings in the reading area and in the publishers’ booths by Kentucky writers exhibiting at Kentucky Crafted: The Market. To access the book signing schedule, go to http://www.artscouncil/craft/MarketPublisherSigning08.pdf.
For more information about Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008 and to receive $1-off-admission coupons, go to www.kycraft.ky.gov or call toll-free 888-833-2787.
Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008
Kentucky Exposition Center, South Wing B, Louisville, Ky.
Saturday, March 8, 2008 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (EST)
Sunday, March 9, 2008 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Adults $8 (Children 15 and under free), Parking $5
Kentucky Crafted: The Market is produced by the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet that creates opportunities for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from the arts. Funding for the Kentucky Arts Council is provided by the Kentucky State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
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The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, invests in programs that develop vibrant communities, provide lifelong education in the arts and support arts participation. Every $1 invested in operating support grants by the Kentucky Arts Council leverages $24 in earned income and matching funds from individuals, philanthropic sources and other levels of government.
Poets Laureate Readings/Book Signings:
Saturday, March 8: 12-2 p.m.
Reading Area
Jane Gentry Vance
Richard Taylor
Sunday, March 9, 1-3 p.m.
Reading Area
Joe Survant
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