Edwina PendarvisEdwina (Eddy) Pendarvis has authored, co-authored, and edited collections of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, most of them focusing on Appalachia, a few going far afield. One of her favorite projects, published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education ress, was a series of young-adult biographies of Nobel Prize winners in literature, including one of WV native Pearl Buck. She co-authored three books of research on gifted education; and in 2023 the Jesse Stuart Foundation published her book on development of talent in danc-Another World: Ballet Lessons from Appalachia. Blair Mountain Press published her family memoir, Raft-Tide and Railroad, and two of her poetry collections: Like the Mountains of China and Ghost Dance Poems. Bottom Dog Press published her first poetry collection in Human Landscapes. Read More Read Less