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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, David M. Parsons of Conroe has been named Texas Poet |
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Laureate for 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, the Texas Commission on the Arts selects |
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an official state poet to serve for a year and act as an ambassador |
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for the art of poetry across the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his varied career as a businessman, |
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coach, and educator, Dave Parsons has always written poetry; he |
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studied creative writing in graduate school at the University of |
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Houston, and in 1992, he joined the faculty at Lone Star |
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College-Montgomery as a creative writing professor; since 2006, he |
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has also served the school as an adjunct professor of kinesiology |
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and as the handball coach; and |
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WHEREAS, Professor Parsons has published several volumes of |
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verse, including Editing Sky, which won the Texas Review Poetry |
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Prize, and Color of Mourning; he is the recipient of a National |
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Endowment for the Humanities Dante Fellowship, the French/American |
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Legation Poetry Prize, and the Baskerville Publishers Poetry Award; |
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the poet laureate of Montgomery County from 2005-2010, he cofounded |
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the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council Writers in Performance |
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Series in 1993 and continues to serve as the group's co-program |
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director; and |
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WHEREAS, Dave Parsons is a distinctive voice in American |
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poetry and a leading member of the Texas literary community, and he |
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is indeed a worthy choice for this prestigious honor; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate David M. Parsons on his appointment |
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as 2011 Texas Poet Laureate and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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for a rewarding year; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Professor Parsons as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |