Jaki Shelton Green is the Poet Laureate of North Carolina. She is the first African American and third woman to hold the honor. She was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate ...view moreJaki Shelton Green is the Poet Laureate of North Carolina. She is the first African American and third woman to hold the honor. She was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow by the Academy of American Poets. Her books include Breath of the Song, singing a tree into dance, Dead on Arrival, Conjure Blues, and I Want to Undie You.view less