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2009 Poet Laureate of Texas

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Welcome to the Home Page of Dr. Paul Ruffin, 2009 Texas State Poet Laureate and Texas State University System Regents’ Professor and Distinguished Professor of English at Sam Houston State University.

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SHSU Heritage Magazine

Fall 2009

“Ruffin Named 2009 Texas Poet Laureate”

By Julia May

Voice of America

Oct 21, 2009

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“Death Row Inmates in Texas Tell Their Stories in New Book”

Voice of America

June 20, 2009

Web page article

Video is no longer online, but some thumbnails from it are shown at right.

Industrial Worker Book Review
Winter 2012 Spotlight: Paul Ruffin

Link to interview page