Frank X. Walker’s new arts and culture magazine PLUCK! Journal of Affrilachian Art & Culture features a report on hip-hop artists from Bluefield, W.Va. Last week, online, courier-journal.com noted a launch party coming up soon for PLUCK!

Walker and other poets involved with the new magazine will read from their work.

July 12, 2007 — 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., River Bend Winery, 120 S. 10th St., Louisville. Free, open to the public. Info: (502) 540-5650.

In his book “Affrilachia,” Danville, Ky., native Walker coined a word to “make visible / to create a sense of place / that had not existed / for us / for any unwealthy common / people of color / now claiming the dirt they were born in.”

courier-journal.com: Affrilachian poet starts PLUCK! magazine

Video link: Walker reading his poem Kentucke

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