Nature a theme in laureate's poems (The Wichita Eagle)

As a child growing up in Emporia, Denise Low dreamed of becoming a painter, but admits she never had the opportunity — or the talent. Instead, she learned to create images with words. "I constantly think about writing. It's always in the back of my mind," the interim dean of humanities and art at Haskell Indian Nations University said. And Low uses what's in front of her to create poetry …

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