A recently retired University of Southern Indiana professor already has a new job, as Indiana's newest poet laureate.
The Indiana Arts Commission says Matthew Graham of Evansville began his two-year term as state poet laureate on Wednesday.
He succeeds Adrian Matejka, who's an Indiana University professor.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports that Graham's duties as poet laureate will include making public appearances at poetry readings or literary events and promoting poetry.
He's the author of four books of poetry, including "The Geography of Home," released in 2018.
Graham recently retired from the University of Southern Indiana, where he had taught all levels of creative writing