The Friends of the Knox County Public Library established the Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture in 2007 to honor the late writer, speaker, teacher, historian, environmentalist and friend of local libraries. Friends of the Knox County Public Library and the UT Library Society have co-sponsored the lecture since 2014.
2019 – Silas House
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2018 – Nikki Giovanni
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2017 – Amy Greene
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2016 – Robert Morgan
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2015 – Dom Flemons
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2014 – Ron Rash
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