Featured will be poet, Brenda Kay Ledford, from Hayesville, NC. She is a seventh-generational native of Clay County, NC, and holds a Master of Arts in Education from Western Carolina University.
She writes about her heritage and has done post-graduate work in Appalachian studies. Brenda received the Paul Green Multimedia Award from North Carolina Society of Historians seven times for her books, collecting oral history, and blog: http://historicalhayesville.blogspot.com.
Her work has appeared in Our State, Carolina Country Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Appalachian Heritage, Wild Goose Poetry Review, Country Extra Magazine, Blue Ridge Parkway Anniversary Edition Celebration, and many other journals.
Finishing Line Press published Brenda's award-winning poetry books: Shewbird Mountain, Sacred Fire, and Beckoning. She co-authored Simplicity with Blanche L. Ledford. These books are available at the John C. Campbell Folk School Craft Shop and www.amazon.com.
Coffee with the Poets and Writers is open to the public at no charge. Bring a poem or short story and read at Open Mic. Those attending are invited to join the writers and poets after the event as we pull tables together and enjoy a social hour.
Coffee with the Poets and Writers is sponsored by North Carolina Writers' Network West. Contact NCWN West Representative Glenda Beall at 828-389-4441 or nightwriter0302@yahoo.com for information.
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