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KB Ballentine

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KB Ballentine is an American poet from Tennessee. She writes about nature, Southern U. S. culture heritage, human relationships, family, love, and loss.[1][2]

Education

Ballentine has a master's degree in writing and a master of fine arts in creative writing and poetry from Lesley University.[3]

Career

She is a teacher of creative writing, theatre arts, and literature to college and high school students.[4][5][6][7][8]

Publications

Books

  • Gathering Stones[9] 2008, Celtic Cat Publishing
  • Fragments of Light[10] 2009, Celtic Cat Publishing
  • What Comes of Waiting[11] 2013, 1st World Library
  • The Perfume of Leaving[12] 2016, Blue Light Press Winner of Blue Light Press Award[13]
  • Almost Everything, Almost Nothing[14] 2017, Middle Creek Publishing
  • The Light Tears Loose[15] 2019, Blue Light Press
  • Edge of the Echo[16][17] 2021, Iris Press

Anthologies

  • Southern Light: Twelve Contemporary Southern Poets[18] (2011) Ford, Falcon & McNeil
  • Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VI: Tennessee[19] (2013) Texas Review Press
  • River of Earth and Sky: Poems for the 21st Century[20] (2015) Blue Light Press
  • In God's Hand[21] (2017) Writers of Grace
  • In Plein Air[22] (2017) Poetic License Press
  • Carrying the Branch: Poets in Search of Peace[23] (2017), Glass Lyre Press
  • Pandemic Evolution: Poets Respond to the Art of Matthew Wolfe[24] (2021), Sheila-Na-Gig Editions
  • The Mountain[25] (2021), Middle Creek Publishing
  • Women Speak: Vol 7[26] (2021), Women of Appalachia Project
  • The Strategic Poet: Honing the Craft[27] (2021), Terrapin Books
  • I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing[28] (2022), Academy of American Poets and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  • Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 25 - Appalachia (Un)Masked[29] (2022), Dos Madres Press
  • Women Speak: Volume 8[30] (2022), Women of Appalachia Project

Other Publications

KB's work has appeared in journals and publications, including Atlanta Review[31], North Dakota Quarterly[32], Haight–Ashbury Literary Journal[33], and The Sigh Press.

Awards

  • Finalist for the Southern Alliance of Literature Outstanding Writer for 2021[34]
  • Libba Moore Gray Poetry Prize in 2016[35]
  • Finalist in the Ron Rash Poetry Awards in 2014[36]
  • Finalist for Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry, Hunger Mountain in 2007[37]
  • Finalist for the Joy Harjo Poetry Award in 2006[38]
  • Recipient of the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize in 2006 and in 2007.

Personal life

Ballentine lives in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.[39]

References

  1. ↑ "Shot Glass Journal - KB Ballentine". www.musepiepress.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  2. ↑ "Contributor Spotlight: KB Ballentine". Sequestrum. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. ↑ "KB Ballentine". Community of Writers. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. ↑ Flemings, Kelly (2022-04-26). "Soddy-Daisy Community Library Announces Summer Reading Program, Literacy Festival". The Pulse » Chattanooga's Weekly Alternative. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  5. ↑ LeVan, Lynda (2021-11-05). "2021 Local Distinguished Author Award Presented To Earl Braggs". The Pulse » Chattanooga's Weekly Alternative. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Talking Writing: Four Writers In Conversation, Part I". WUTC. 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. ↑ "Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including 'Rent' and home and antiques shows)". www.timesfreepress.com. 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  8. ↑ "About our Speakers". 2023 BLUE RIDGE WRITERS' CONFERENCE. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  9. ↑ "KB Ballentine". celticcatpublishing.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  10. ↑ "KB Ballentine". www.meachamwriters.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  11. ↑ "What Comes of Waiting". Zingara Poetry Review. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  12. ↑ "Blue Light Press". www.bluelightpress.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  13. ↑ "Blue Light Press". www.bluelightpress.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  14. ↑ "Almost Everything, Almost Nothing". middle-creek. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  15. ↑ "KB Ballentine – Nightingale & Sparrow". Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  16. ↑ "Edge of the Echo". Iris Press. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  17. ↑ Herald-News, From Staff Reports The. "Local author releases latest poetry collection, will participate in virtual reading on May 20". The Herald-News. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  18. ↑ ""Southern Light; Twelve Contemporary Southern Poets" published by Ford, Falcon & McNeil". Around and About Chattanooga. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  19. ↑ "The Southern Poetry Anthology". www.southern-poetry-anthology.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  20. ↑ "Blue Light Press". www.bluelightpress.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  21. ↑ "Anthology 2017". Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  22. ↑ "KB Ballentine". deltapoetryreview.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  23. ↑ "Carrying the Branch: Poets in Search of Peace". Gloria Mindock. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  24. ↑ "Pandemic Evolution, Days 1-100: Poets Respond to the Art of Matthew Wolfe edited by Hayley Haugen". Appalachian Mountain Books. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  25. ↑ "The Mountain: An Anthology of Mountain P". middle-creek. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  26. ↑ "POETRY, PROSE & ART Anthology: Women Speak Volume 7". Sheila-Na-Gig online. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  27. ↑ "NEW--The Strategic Poet". Terrapin Books. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  28. ↑ "Poets Read from "I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing: Ohio's Appalachian Voices"". Poets & Writers. 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  29. ↑ "Pine Mountain Sand Gravel Volume 25 Appalachia UnMasked". www.spdbooks.org. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  30. ↑ "POETRY, PROSE & ART Anthology: Women Speak Volume 8". Sheila-Na-Gig online. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  31. ↑ "Poetry 2019 – Atlanta Review". atlantareview.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  32. ↑ "NDQ 87.3/4 Table of Contents". North Dakota Quarterly. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  33. ↑ Ballentine, K. B. (2020-03-19). "Edge of the Echo - by KB Ballentine". American Diversity Report. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  34. ↑ "Chattanooga Author Showcase Features Local Talent". www.chattanoogan.com. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  35. ↑ "KWG: 2016 Writing Contest". Knoxville Writers' Guild. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  36. ↑ Chattanooga, T. N. "KB Ballentine". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  37. ↑ "Poetry – Hunger Mountain Review". Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  38. ↑ "Joy Harjo". Joy Harjo. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  39. ↑ "Chattanooga-area authors talk about the triumphs and trials of being a writer". www.timesfreepress.com. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

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