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What subject was author Mary Meek Atkeson best known for?
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Critic John Peale Bishop was born in this Eastern Panhandle city.
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Porte Crayon was the pen name of what author?
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This author was the daughter of the 1924 Democratic candidate for president.
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Who served the longest time (38 years) as West Virginia's poet laureate?
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Which poet laureate wrote a special poem for West Virginia's Sesquicentennial in 2013?
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This author is best-known for his 1935 debut novel, Waiting for Nothing, about the Great Depression.
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Maryat Lee founded this theater group in Summers County.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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This Huntington native's books include The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart and A Hanging at Cinder Bottom.
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