VMI Instructor Appointed Poet Laureate by Gov. Youngkin
December 07, 2024
December 07, 2024
LEXINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 7 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news:
Mattie Quesenberry Smith, Ph.D., instructor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at Virginia Military Institute, was recently appointed the commonwealth's new poet laureate by Governor Glenn Youngkin.
A lifelong resident of Virginia, Smith grew up in Appalachia in humble surroundings. Though she went without many modern comforts, her childhood provided a rich . . .
Mattie Quesenberry Smith, Ph.D., instructor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at Virginia Military Institute, was recently appointed the commonwealth's new poet laureate by Governor Glenn Youngkin.
A lifelong resident of Virginia, Smith grew up in Appalachia in humble surroundings. Though she went without many modern comforts, her childhood provided a rich . . .