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  • Contributors

J. T. Barbarese has contributed prose (essays and reviews) and poetry to the Sewanee Review since 1986.

Wendell Berry's story "The Dark Country" appears in the spring issue of this magazine.

Catharine Savage Brosman has a new book of poetry in production at the Mercer University Press.

Hayden Carruth was a man of letters who turned his hand to many literary jobs and who wrote in various modes. Poetry was his great love.

Fred Chappell's last contribution to the SR was a memorial poem for George Garrett in the summer 2008 issue. His new book of poems, Shadow Box, is out with the LSU Press.

William Virgil Davis's next book of poetry, his fourth, "Landscape and Journey," earned the New Criterion's poetry prize. He has also written six books of literary criticism—most recently R. S. Thomas: Poetry and Theology.

William E. Engel, a regular contributor, teaches English and humanities at the Unviersity of the South. Among his recent publications is "Shakespeare's Historical Context" in The Continuum Guide to Shakespeare.

Brendan Galvin's achievements include the Aiken Taylor Award in Modern American Poetry for 2006. Peter Makuck's essay on his poetry in this issue was originally delivered at the University of the South as part of the celebration honoring Mr. Galvin.

William Giraldi's stories and essays have appeared in the Southern Review, the Antioch Review, and elsewhere.

John Haines has been a regular contributor of prose and poetry to these pages for many years. He was honored with the Aiken Taylor Award for 2008. He has a book of essays in progress.

Henry Hart's essay on Richard Ellmann and Oxford appears in the spring number of this magazine. He is working on a book about Seamus Heaney.

James Hepburn's The Author's Empty Purse and the Rise of the Literary Agent (OUP, 1968) remains the essential book about agency. Mr. Hepburn is also well known for his work on Arnold Bennett and for Confessions of an American Scholar.

L. E. Holder, who grew up on a farm near Raleigh, N.C., and remains in that locale, is a former journalist and high-school teacher of English.

Ben Howard, a longtime contributor of prose and poetry, has a special interest in Ireland and its letters.

Marc Hudson has contributed prose and poetry to the SR since 1983. He has a review forthcoming in the winter 2010 issue.

William Kloefkorn's most recent collection of poetry is Out of Attica. His fourth book of memoirs, Breathing in the Fullness of Time, will be reviewed in these pages next year.

Jayanta Mahapatra has been publishing poetry in the SR since 1976. His latest book of poetry is The Lie of Dawns: Poems 1974–2008 (Authorspress, 2009). His poems have been published in periodicals in the U.S., Great Britain, and Australia, as well as his native India, where he taught physics for many years before retiring from the classroom.

Peter Makuck's recent publications include a handsome illustrated chapbook entitled Back Roads.

John M. Martin, a writer living in New York City, is an assistant editor of Smartish Pace, a periodical devoted to poetry.

Ed Minus, who has earned Spears and Sullivan awards for his criticism in the SR, will have poetry, fiction, and reviews appearing in these pages in 2010.

John Rees Moore, who edited the Hollins Critic for many years, continues to live and write in Roanoke.

R. T. Smith, the editor of Shenandoah, is a prolific poet and fiction writer. His latest book is a selection of poems, Outlaw Style (University of Arkansas Press).

James L. W. West iii has revised his biography of William Styron, which will be reissued by the LSU Press. LSU has also recently published Mr. West's William Styron: Letters to My Father. [End Page lxxxiii]

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