Contributors to this issue

Contributors to this issue Lisa Alther is the author of five very successful novels. She lives in Burlington, Vermont, and New York City but often stays at her parent's farm near Kingsport, Tennessee, the town where she was raised. JoAnn Aust Asbury is anAssociate of the Appalachian Regional Studies Center and an English Instructor at Radford University, Radford, Virginia. She is past editor ofALCA-Lines and current editor of Stitches. Although she has published several academic articles, this is her first published review. Harriette C. Buchanan has lived in Boone, North Carolina, for twenty-six years. She currently is a Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University. She has written extensively on Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Lee Smith and other Appalachian writers. Steven R. Cope was born in Frenchburg, Kentucky, and lives in Winchester. His publication credits include two poetry collections, a novel, three music eds and a collection of fables. Thomas E. Douglass teaches Contemporary Literature at East Carolina University. He is the author of A Room Forever: The Life, Work and Letters ofBreece D'J Pancake, and recently spoke about Gurney Norman at the First Annual Ken Kesey Symposium in Oregon. He is the editor of the Appalachian Echoes series for the University of Tennessee Press. Sidney Saylor Farr is the author of seven books. She served as editor of Appalachian Heritage from 1985 until 1999 and is now retired and living in Berea, Kentucky. Debora Kinsland Foerst, a life-long resident of Cherokee, North Carolina, teaches Language Arts at the Cherokee Middle School. Beth Kemper Graham was raised in Russellville, Kentucky, often spending the summers at her mother's homeplace near Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. She directs the honors program and teaches composition, creative writing and literature at Campbellsville University. Kathleen H. Grover teaches English at East Tennessee State and occasionally writes verse. When Lisa Alther held the Basier Chair of Excellence there in the fall of 1999, Grover sat in on her course, "Southern Women Writers." Richard Hague was raised in Steubenville, Ohio, and now lives downstream on the Ohio River at Cincinnati where he teaches literature and writing. He is the author of eight collections of poetry and one of essays and stories. 98 David Heddendorf lives with his wife and two children in Ames, Iowa. He wrote about the novel, Cold Mountain, for The Southern Review, and is also an active fiction writer. Chris Holbrook was raised in Knott County, Kentucky, and now lives in Lexington and teaches at Morehead State University. He is the author of Hell and Ohio: Stories of Southern Appalachia. Silas House is the author of Clay's Quilt and A Parchment ofLeaves, both novels from Algonquin Press. His next novel, A Coal Tattoo, is a prequel to Clay's Quilt. He still lives in Lily, Kentucky, where he was raised. Frank Jamison, a semi-retired business owner, lives on the Tennessee River, near Kingston, Tennessee. He has authored one book of poetry, Marginal Notes, published in 2001. Carrie Kincaid, a busy mother and grandmother, lives in Blackey, Kentucky, where she was raised. She is the bookkeeper for Action Auto Supply. Marshall Myers teaches rhetoric and composition for Eastern Kentucky University. He has appeared in over two-hundred publications and written an historical booklet, a poetry chapbook and collections of both stories and poems. Ron Rash was Appalachian Heritage's featured author for the Fall 2002 issue. He is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University and the author of a novel, One Foot in Eden, two story collections and three poetry collections. Steve Rhodes is a freelance writer and Presbyterian minister who lives in Berea, Kentucky. Pia Seagrave, a Professor of English at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., was raised in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. She plays mountain and hammered dulcimers in an Irish band. Katherine Vande Brake teaches at King College in Bristol, Tennessee, and after thirty years of teaching is currently finishing her PhD from Michigan Technological University in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She is the author of How They Shine: Melungeon Characters in the Fiction ofAppalachia. Elizabeth M. Williams is a librarian and faculty member at Appalachian State...