The Common Air

Barbara Longstreth Mulkey has been editor of the annual equine publication, Who's Who in Horsedom in Lexington, KY, a columnist and society editor for the weekly Pine Bluff News in Arkansas, and poetry editor for the Arkansas Methodist newspaper. She has taught journalism and English, and is the author of three other books of poetry, The Sun's Still On, Flowers In Their Season, and Sharing Christmas. She has also written a 365 page devotional book, With Glory & Honor (with Scripture, original poem, and thought for the day on each), also a collection of essays, stories, and poems entitled ESP, a creative non fiction book, Be Careful What You Wish For, and a novel, Hope Springs Eternal. For nine years she was director of the Arkansas Writers' Conference. In retirement she and her husband, Louis, live in Little Rock, AR.