Leatha will join other writers from across the Commonwealth at the Berry Center in New Castle for the 2026 Kentucky Arts and Letters Day — a particularly meaningful event as it will be the first without Wendell Berry.

Readers:
Crystal Wilkinson
Kathleen Driskell
Silas House
Maurice Manning
Frank X Walker
Rebecca Gayle Howell
Robert Gipe
Shauna Morgan
Dianne Aprile
Leatha Kendrick
Willie Davis

The day will also feature the work of Kentucky author and artist Richard Taylor in the Berry Center’s gallery.