{"product_id":"leatherwood-falls-blue-ridge-mountain-poems","title":"Leatherwood Falls ~ Blue Ridge Mountain Poems","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor, poet and blogger \u003cstrong\u003eBrenda Kay Ledford\u003c\/strong\u003e is a retired educator. She received her Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education from Western Carolina University and studied Journalism at the University of Tennessee. She holds a diploma of highest honors in Creative Writing from the Stratford Career Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe’s former editor of\u003cem\u003e Tri-County Communicator\u003c\/em\u003e at Tri-County Community College. She received an award from North Carolina Press Association for her feature on the John C. Campbell Folk School. Ledford won the Paul Green Award from North Carolina Society of Historians thirteen times for her books, blogs, and collecting oral history on Southern Appalachia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLedford belongs to North Carolina Writer’s Network, Ridgeline Literary Society, Georgia Poetry Society, and charter member of Byron Herbert Reece Society. She’s listed with \u003cem\u003eA Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, North Carolina Literary Trail,\u003c\/em\u003e and received the 2019 Marquis Who’s Who in America Lifetime Achievement Award for writing and as an educator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer work has appeared in many journals including \u003cem\u003eLyricist, The Broad River Review, Pembroke Magazine, Asheville Poetry Review, Town Creek Poetry, Appalachian Heritage, Journal of Kentucky Studies, Our State, Byron Herbert Reece Website, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Reach of Song, Guidepost Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e 49 Old Mountain Press anthologies, and many other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKelsay Books published her poetry books: \u003cem\u003eCrepe Roses, Red Plank House,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReagan’s Romps.\u003c\/em\u003e Ledford received the Paul Green Multimedia Award for each book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLedford has studied under Karen Paul Holmes, Dr. Will Wright, Dr. Michael Dietrich, Dr. Scott Owens, Dr. Bettie Sellers, Dr. Ted Olson, Dr. Steve Harvey, Dr. Catherine Carter, Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Dr. Shelby Stephenson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 82 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 28, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48176452305054,"sku":"gty1787286733329","price":15.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6345\/4366\/files\/leatherwood-falls-blue-ridge-mountain-poems_1.jpg?v=1787286738","url":"https:\/\/urbanwearstore.shop\/products\/leatherwood-falls-blue-ridge-mountain-poems","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}