{"id":2,"date":"2025-03-22T16:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:36:50","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>East Tennessee writer <strong>Natalie Kimbell <\/strong>was born in Norton Virginia, lived in Worcester, Massachusetts, and settled as a teenager in Dunlap, Tennessee. After forty-two&nbsp;years as a public school teacher in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, she has&nbsp;retired focusing&nbsp;on her writing.&nbsp; Her&nbsp;work&nbsp;appears in many&nbsp;journals and&nbsp;anthologies including&nbsp;<em>Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Mildred Haun Review, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Tennessee Voices, and &nbsp;Artemis.<\/em>&nbsp;Her first poetry chapbook,&nbsp;<em>On Phillips Creek<\/em>&nbsp;was published by Finishing Line Press in 2024. Her second chapbook,&nbsp;<em>And the Weather Remains the Same<\/em>, by Finishing Line Press will be released in June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Follow Natalie on social media for updates, new poetry published, and her latest adventures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natalie.kimbell.2022\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 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