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Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry is an author, environmental activist, and farmer. He is the author of works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a 2010 National Humanities Medal. He lives and works with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Port Royal, Kentucky.
https://berrycenter.org/

Thomas Tyler Bouldin

Ty lives in the mountains of West Virginia.  He is nearing completion of Montani Semper: a novella in mixed media.  

Susan Ross Daole

Susan is a master gardener, and former librarian. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver’s sixteen books of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction have won a devoted worldwide readership and many awards, including the National Humanities Medal. She lives with her husband on a farm in Appalachian Virginia.
www.kingsolver.com

Nana Lampton

Nana Lampton is a writer, artist, and long time resident of Louisville, KY.

Ada Limón

Ada Limón, a current Guggenheim fellow, is the author of five poetry collections, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
www.adalimon.com

George Ella Lyon

Former Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon writes in multiple genres for readers of all ages. Her recent collections include Voices of Justice: Poems About People Working for a Better World (Holt Books for Young Readers, 2020) and Back to the Light: Poems (U Press of KY, 2021).  For additional information, visit www.georgeellalyon.com.

Diane Lee Moomey

Diane Lee Moomey is a painter and poet living in Half Moon Bay, California, where she is co-host of Coastside Poetry, a monthly reading series; her work has appeared in PoetryMagazine.com, Mezzo Cammin, Caesura, California Quarterly, The Road Less Taken and others. Please visit her at www.dianeleemoomeyart.com

Michael Moran

Michael Moran is a poet who lives on a small farm in Franklin County, Kentucky.  Larkspur Press published his collection, The Fallen World, in 2008. His poetry has also been featured on MPR’s “The Writer’s Almanac”.

Leslie Shane

Leslie is a poet living in Frankfort, Kentucky.  She is also a book artist who has worked with Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY for many years.

Lee Smith

Lee Smith has been a voice of the south for decades.  She has been a generous mentor to many gifted writers. Her recent works include Dimestore:  A Writer’s Life (2016) , and a novella, Blue Marlin (2020). A forthcoming novel, Silver Alert, is due out in 2023. She lives in North Carolina.   www.leesmith.com

Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor served as Kentucky Poet Laureate 1999-2000. He is a writer, teacher, and historian, living on a small farm in Kentucky.

Gray Zeitz

Gray Zeitz, proprietor of Larkspur Press, is a master printer and poet.  He lives on a small farm in Monterey, Kentucky.
www.larkspurpress.com