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Snapshots from the Family Album

May 23, 2025 Diana Derringer Home, Inspiration

I wrote “Snapshots from the Family Album” for the 2016 Kentucky Arts Council’s “Where I’m From: A Poetry of Place.” It uses the structure and style of Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon’s original “Where

In the Middle of Nowhere

July 28, 2023 Diana Derringer Culture, Home

I grew up in the middle of nowhere in the 1950s and 60s. We lived far from stores, doctors, and other people. We drove 10 miles through hills to the nearest town. I rode a