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February 10, 2016

A Rural History: North Carolina's Poet Laureate

February 10, 2016/ Bit & Grain
A Rural History: North Carolina's Poet Laureate

Meet Shelby Stephenson, North Carolina's poet laureate, whose work reflects the era in which he was raised, where storytelling, hard work and race permeated life.

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Literature, Rural NC, Central NC, Johnston County
 

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