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This woman became poet laureate of West Virginia in 1979.
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This McDowell County native is best known for his books about his hometown of Coalwood?
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Which of the following was NOT a poet laureate of West Virginia?
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Which institution of higher learning was author, poet, journalist, and educator Waitman Barbe closely associated with?
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W. E. R. Byrne wrote a class book about this river.
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Poet Danske Dandridge lived much of her adult life in this Eastern Panhandle county.
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In 1927, this Tucker County native became West Virginia's first poet laureate.
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Fairmont native Doris Piserchia was best known for her writing in this genre.
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The Recollections of Fifty Years of West Virginia was written by which governor?
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This Keyser native wrote the memoir Colored People
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