Contributors to this issue

Contributors to this issue: James Archambeault's coffee table books and calendars have made him a leading Kentucky photographer. His work has also appeared in national publications including National Geographic. Wendell Berry was recently named one of Smithsonian's "35 People Who Make a Difference." He and his wife, Tanya, farm organically with horses on the Kentucky River near where he was born. He is the author of more than forty books, including poetry, fiction and essays. Theresa L. Burriss has been published in severalbooks and periodicals including An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature (2005) Raised in Bristol, Tennessee, she now serves Radford University as the Director of the Learning Center and an English Professor. Linda Caldwell is a retired librarian who lives on a farm near Paint Lick, Kentucky, which has been in her family for over one hundred years. Her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner and other places. Dexter Collett was raised in a coal camp in Harlan County and now lives in a non-electric cabin in nearby Leslie County. He is the author of Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations Pertaining to Southern Appalachian Literature: 1912-1991 (1994). Floyd D. Davis lives in Floyd County, Kentucky, where he was born and raised. He is retired from working for regional health agencies and teaching sociology part-time at Big Sandy Community College. Sidney Saylor Farr grew up on Stoney Fork of Straight Creek in Bell County, Kentucky, and served as editor of Appalachian Heritage from 1985-1999. She is the author of seven books. Nikky Finney is a long-time member of the Affrilachian Writers who lives in Lexington, Kentucky. The author of The World is Round (2003), she is currently working on a novel and her fourth book of poetry. Morris A. Grubbs teaches English at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia , Kentucky. He is the editor ofHome and Beyond (2001). 117 Holly Harold's family roots lie near Salyersville, Kentucky, but she currently lives in Los Angeles and writes for the TV series Smallville. Her first film script has been accepted at the Sundance Producers Workshop. This is the first work she has submitted to the print media. Shawn Holliday grew up in Williamson, West Virginia, and now teaches atAlice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. He is the author of Thomas Wolfe and the Politics ofModernism (2001) Silas House has always lived in Lily, Kentucky. First published in Appalachian Heritage, he now has three novels in print. He teaches at Lincoln Memorial University and in the MFA program at Spalding. Jeanne Larsen directs the Creative Writing MFA program at Hollins University. She held a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and her work has appeared in about half a dozen books. Katherine Ledford is a full-time mom and part-time English professor who lives in Mitchell County, North Carolina, where she was raised. She is co-editor of Back Talkfrom Appalachia (1999). George Ella Lyon is the author of over thirty books including twentytwo picture books for children. Lyon grew up in Harlan, Kentucky, and now lives in Lexington. She is active in the Interfaith Vigil for Peace. Jeff Daniel Marion's eighthbook, Ebbing &Flowing Springs, was named the Independent Publisher's Book of the Year in Poetry in 2003. A native of Rogersville, Tennessee, Marion is now retired from teaching at Carson-Newman College and lives in Knoxville. Thorpe Moeckel was a trail and river guide for ten years. He now lives on a farm near Buchanan, Virginia, and teaches creative writing at Hollins University. He is the author of Odd Botany (2002). Robert Morgan's third novel, Gap Creek (1999) became an Oprah Winfrey selection and catapulted him into national prominence. A native of western North Carolina, he teaches at Cornell University and is the author of thirteen poetry collections, five novels, three story collections and one book of essays. 118 Lynn Powell was born and raised in East Tennessee and is the author of two poetry collections, Old & New Testaments (1995) and The Zones of Paradise (2003). She currently teaches at Oberlin College in Ohio. Anna Sale grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, received a history degree from Stanford University...