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Karla K. Morton, the 2010 Texas Poet Laureate and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, has been described as "one of the more adventurous voices in American poetry" and has been featured on Good Morning Texas, NPR, ABC News, CBS News and in countless newspapers, blogs and magazines.

As the first female Texas Poet Laureate in nearly 20 years, Morton created the Little Town, Texas Tour. As part of the tour, she has traveled across the state, sharing her poetry and love for the arts with high schools, universities, arts organizations, bookstores, conference attendees and more.

Initially taking the arts world by storm with her book/CD Wee Cowrin' Timorous Beastie (a North Texas Book Festival Awards finalist created in collaboration with award-winning composer Howard Baer), Morton's critically-acclaimed poetry collections now include:

 


 

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