Governor Kathleen Sebelius announced on November 15, that Denise Low, Lawrence resident and member of the Lawrence Arts Center's Committee on Imagination & Place will be the next Poet Laureate of the State of Kansas. Her term will begin on July 1, 2007 and end on June 30, 2009. The Committee on Imagination & Place will host a public reception for the poet at the Lawrence Arts Center on Wednesday January 17, from 5:30 7p.m."Dr. Low is a wonderful selection for our new poet laureate," said Governor Sebelius. "I hope her exemplary work will inspire Kansans to further explore Kansas poetry and literature."Low is the interim dean of the College of Humanities and Arts at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan. Her poetry has been published in books, periodicals and anthologies throughout the nation. She has also received local and national recognition from the Kansas Arts Commission, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Academy of American Poets, the Newberry Library, the Landon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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