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This Lewisburg native wrote the acclaimed books Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Dogs of God?
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This Wheeling resident wrote the novels Thursday April and Roseanna McCoy.
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Author W. E. Blackhurst's novel Riders of the Flood is about which industry?
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Journalist Bruce Crawford served in all these roles except for which one?
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Which one of the following Thomas Dunn English poems is NOT about West Virginia?
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Six O'clock Mine Report was a 1989 book by this poet laureate.
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In 1927, this Tucker County native became West Virginia's first poet laureate.
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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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Who earned the title of West Virginia poet laureate by winning a writing contest?
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