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What subject was author Mary Meek Atkeson best known for?
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This author who grew up in Bramwell was one of the most-respected poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
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This Wheeling resident wrote the novels Thursday April and Roseanna McCoy.
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Many of this prominent writer's short stories were inspired by what he saw in Western Virginia during the Civil War.
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W. E. R. Byrne wrote a class book about this river.
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Who served the longest time (38 years) as West Virginia's poet laureate?
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Maryat Lee founded this theater group in Summers County.
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In 1927, this Tucker County native became West Virginia's first poet laureate.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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