Leatha Kendrick, poet and author

Leatha Kendrick has taught creative writing at the University of Kentucky, the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, the Appalachian Writers Workshop, and elsewhere. The former poetry editor of <i>Wind</i> magazine, she is the author of three books of poetry, <i>Second Opinion</i>, <i>Science in Your Own Back Yard</i> and <i>Heart Cake</i>. Her poetry and essays have appeared in such periodicals as <i>The Louisville Review, The American Voice, Passages North, Nimrod, and The Connecticut Review, </i>and in anthologies from Western Kentucky University Press, Helicon Nine Editions, and the University Press of Kentucky. In addition to essays and book reviews published in national and regional magazines, Kendrick was also screenwriter for <i>A Lasting Thing for the World,</i> a documentary film about the life and work of photographer Doris Ulmann. More information at LeathaKendrick.com/index2.htm