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Teresa Kestner Teresa Kestner is a retired nurse and has had poetry published in several anthologies and area literary journals. April Kish April Kish is an Art Education Major at Bluefield University. Faith Lamberth Faith Lamberth is a senior English Literature Major at Bluefield Universi - ty who plans on pursuing her master’s in library science after graduation. Grace Lamberth Grace Lamberth is currently a student at New River Community College, in the future she plans to minor in art. Parks Lanier Parks Lanier is the author of Appalachian Georgics and Collected Poems . Linda Lawson Linda Lawson: 76-year-old devoted wife of 58 years. Mother, grand- mother, & great grandmother. Taught reading, language, & math for 1 st through 3 rd grade. Retired Human Resource Specialist. Currently employed in hospitality... paid to socialize! Nathan LePere Nathan LePere is an aspiring nature photographer from Buena Vista, VA studying communications and graphic communications. Staley Lyle Staley Lyle is a senior music major and theater and worship arts minor at Bluefield University. Dylan Mabe Dylan Mabe (He/Him/His) is a native of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, cur- rently studying Shakespeare Letters and Performance at Mary Baldwin University. Kate Madia Kate Madia, born and raised in Appalachia, is a trauma and public health nurse, and currently calls Malawi home; she is a graduate of Simon Fra- ser University’s Writer’s Studio Certificate in Creative Writing program and has had poetry anthologized in the Women of Appalachia Project’s Women Speak series.

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