This was the first event of the semester for the university’s women's club, of which Worthington is a member. A reception was held after the reading.

When asked when she finds time to write, Worthington replied that she writes mainly during the summer and on weekends. "I like to write in the morning," she said.

Worthington, a Williamsburg, Kentucky resident, has published poetry and nonfiction in Shenandoah, The Louisville Review, Wind, Natural Bridge, Kalliope, Birmingham Arts Journal, Arts Across Kentucky, Louisville Magazine, Journal of Kentucky Studies, and elsewhere, including the anthologies "A Kentucky Christmas" and "Knoxville Bound." She is also the reviews editor for Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine.

University of the Cumberlands, located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, is a private liberal arts college in its 117th year of operation. Cumberlands offers four undergraduate degrees in 37 major fields of study, 30 minors and nine pre-professional programs, as well as online and accelerated, nontraditional programs for adults.