Brenda Kay Ledford; Photo by: Seeing Southern Photography
Author, blogger, and poet Brenda Kay Ledford received the Paul Green Multimedia Award from North Carolina Society of Historians for her book, Blanche, Poems of a Blue Ridge Woman.
The Award's Ceremony was held at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina on Saturday, November 5. Ledford received the award for the book about her mother, Blanche. Redhawk Publications released the poetry book in 2021.
According to Mary Ricketson, author and mental health counselor, "Blanche comes to life in this memoir of poems. Ledford chronicles a story of her mother's life, flour sacks and all. Blanche rises before dawn, dew soaks her brogans when she goes berry picking. Hens scratch hieroglyphics in the front yard and the sun rises like a ruby over Shewbird Mountain."
Ricketson continues, "I can see the sparkling blue eyes of Blanche Ledford. 'My hands have served me well as blood veins crisscross the Blue Ridge Mountains.' These poems will make you fall in love with the amazing Blanche I knew."
Ledford's book is available at: www.amazon.com and www.RedhawkPublications.com
Congratulations on receiving this well-deserved, prestigious award, Brenda Kay. Brava! You do us all proud. I never had the honor of meeting your mama Blanche, but she is very much alive in your stories, your poems, and your eyes.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the comment, Raven. I sure wish my mama could have met you. I know you and she would have gotten along well together. I am proud of you and your upcoming book. I look forward to purchasing a copy.
DeleteCongratulations, Brenda Kay.
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