Loretta Diane Walker + Open Mic

Loretta Diane Walker, a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize for poetry, has published two collections of her work. Her poetry can also be found in the new anthology of 60 Texas women poets entitled Her Texas and within her manuscript In This House, soon to be published by Bluelight Press, 1st World Publishing. Her manuscript Word Ghetto won the 2011 Bluelight Press Book Award. Her work has been honored many times and has appeared in numerous publications. A very dear fried asked Loretta, “When are you going to write a novel and make some real money? You have some great ideas.” Her answer for now is this: “There is great joy in what I do.” One day she hopes to write a novel, but today she is a poet and music teacher at Reagan Elementary in Odessa, Texas. She graduated from Ector High School. received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Tech University and earned a Master’s of elementary Education from the University of Texas at the Permian Basin. For more information, check her website at lorettadianewalker.weebly.com.