Diane LeBlanc is a teacher, writer, and book artist. She directs the writing program and teaches first-year writing, women's studies, and creative writing. In 2005, her essay "Weaving Voices: Writing as a Working Class Daughter, Professor, and Poet" received the Bechtel Prize from Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Diane is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Hope in Zone Four (1998) and Dancer with Good Sow (2008). Her poetry, essays, and fiction appear in Bellingham Review, Earth's Daughters, Great River Review, Natural Bridge, Rhino, Runes, So to Speak, Water-Stone, and other literary journals. Diane lives in Northfield with Chick Woodward and golden retriever Kaya Grace LeWood.

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