Contributors

Contributors Doug Adams, watercolorist and teacher, has had his paintings hung in both public and private collections in the United States and abroad. He lives at EUiotville , Kentucky. Buck Allen was born in Powell County, Kentucky, and now lives in Michigan. He has had "verses published since I was nine years old." Clifford Amyx has been retired for nearly fifteen years and is "now going to work as an artist," he says. Shan Ayers has done professional illustrations for various publications and promotional materials. Trish Harrell Ayers, a freelance photographer , is currently working at the Berea Colige Art Department creating a copy set of Doris Ulmann negatives. Garry Barker lives in Berea, Kentucky, and is consultant/juror/lecturer and freelance writer of both technical and creative materials. Brenda Belew Chapman has lived in Berea for the past two years. She is an elementary school teacher. Gayle Compton, a published poet, lives in rural Pike County and is employed as data processor in Pikeville, Kentucky. Michael Cornwall lives in Richmond, Kentucky, and writes full-time. Ricky Cox lives in Virginia. This is his second appearance in Appalachian Heritage . Ed Davis teaches English at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. He is a West Virginia native. Barbara Deatherage says: "I was reared in the foothills of Appalachia and now live in Lexington, Kentucky." Durwood Dunn was born in Chickamunga , Georgia, and now teaches history at Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, Tennessee. John D. Engle, Jr., is poetry editor of Back Home in Kentucky. His poetry has appeared in national publications. Line Fisch has held teaching and administrative appointments at various colleges and universities. He lives in Lexington , Kentucky. Sandra Fowler lives in West Columbia, West Virginia. This is her first appearance in Appalachian Heritage. David Garrison, professor of Modern Languages at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, is being published for the first time in Appalachian Heritage. Sally Harris says: "I am a native of Saltville, Virginia . . . have been accused (probably accurately) of living in the ozone." She teaches at Virginia Tech. John Higby teaches at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, has just in the last year found his writing centering on Appalachia. Wayne Hogan is a poet, artist, nonfiction writer, and photographer; his work has been used many times both regionally and nationally. Loyal Jones is the Director of the Appalachian Center at Berea College, teaches Appalachian courses, and is the author or numerous scholarly articles and books. 75 L. Bradley Law lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a published poet. Barbara Mabry is a freelance published writer who lives in Lexington and works at the University of Kentucky. Rachel Matheis lives in Ladvsmith, Wisconsin, and has attended the Appalachian Writers Workshop at Hindman, Kentucky. Jim Wayne Miller, poet and essayist from North Carolina, currently lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The author of several books of poetry, he is also a noted lecturer and workshop leader. Judy K. Miller was a prize winner in the Appalachian Writer Association contest in the nonfiction category. She lives in Abingdon, Virginia. Robert Morgan, a Hendersonville, North Carolina, native, is the author of six books of poetry. Paul Ramsey was born in Georgia. In addition to being a widely published poet, he is the author of books of scholarship and criticism. He currently lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. R. T. Smith says: "Although I maintain residence in Alabama, I have a cabin at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, where I do much of my writing." Woodridge Spears has published books of poetry and his poems have appeared in numerous periodicals. He lives in Georgetown, Kentucky. Catherine Swanson, a folklorist and poet, currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dianne Watkins lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where she is on the staff of the Kentucky Museum. Jeanne Wilson's short story, "The Silent Forest," was published in the Winter 1987 issue of Appalachian Heritage. She lives in Grantsville, West Virginia. 76 ...