Brenda Kay Ledford will be featured during Coffee With the Poets at Phillips & Lloyd Book Shop in Hayesville, NC on Wednesday, April 13, 10:30 a.m.
Ledford is a native of Clay County, NC. She earned a MA in education from Western Carolina University and did post-graduate work at the University of Tennessee. Her writing has appeared in many publications including Our State, Pembroke Magazine, Appalachian Heritage, Broad River Review (Gardner-Webb University), Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, The Reach of Song, other journals and anthologies.
She’s listed with A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers and Who’s Who in America. Ledford is a member of North Carolina Writers’ Network West, North Carolina Poetry Society, North Carolina Storytelling Guild, and chaplain for the Clay County Eastern Star.
Ledford received the Paul Green Award from North Carolina Society of Historians for her three poetry chapbooks: Patchwork Memories, Shewbird Mountain, and Sacred Fire. She also won the award for collecting oral history on Velma Beam Moore, a prominent citizen of Clay County.
Recently, Ledford co-authored the book, Simplicity, with her mother, Blanche L. Ledford. It’s a collection of poetry and prose about Clay County and coincides with the sesquicentennial celebration of our county. Simplicity is available at: Phillips & Lloyd Book Shop, Hayesville, NC.
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