Contributors to this issue:

though, that with Snuffy out ofbusiness and nothing else changed, some other operator will simply take his place. Bet? No, that's not a bet. It's a sure thing. Contributors to this issue: Artist and Photographers Randy Ball is a photographer/writerfrom Northeast Tennessee. His work encompasses the Southern Appalachian region of the U.S. . . . Boyd Carr, Bedford, Virginia, has the gift to see the cockeyed and absurd in human nature and to draw what he sees on paper. He generously shares his work with publications such as ours . . . Alan Mills uses his camera to record not only the natural beauty ofthe Smoky Mountains but also the environmental impact that civilization has had on thisfragile ecosystem. He teaches in the department of technology and industrial arts at Berea College. Poets Harry Brown teaches at Eastern Kentucky University and lives on a farm at Paint Lick, Kentucky. A recent recipient ofthe Mary Anderson Senior Fellowship Award, he also had a residency at the Virginia Center for the Arts ... Kathleen Hellen writes and teaches writing and literature in Princeton, West Virginia. . . Joel McCollough lives near Greenville, South Carolina, where he works as a partner in a desktop publishing business . . . Kristin Camitta Zimet is associate editor o/The Sow's Ear magazine. She also works as an environmental activist and volunteer naturalist. Book Reviewers Garry Barker, freelance writer, is director of Student Craft Industries at Berea College ... Richard Drake taught history at Berea College until retirement. He has a long-time concern with the history ofAppalachia . . . William Jolliff has an avid interest in traditional folk, old-time country, and bluegrass music. He lives in Oregon . . . Loyal Jones, of Berea, is a writer and speaker. He is the retired director of the Berea College Appalachian Center . . . Marshall Myers is assistant professor of writing and linguistics at Eastern Kentucky University. He recently served as a visiting professor and associate director of composition at Texas Tech University. ...