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  • Rob Amberg (bio), Kevin Gardner (bio), Jackie White Rogers (bio), and Lora Smith (bio)

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Glyndon Hotel, Jackie White Rogers
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Dive Bar, Kevin Gardner
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United We Stand, Jackie White Rogers
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Cheoah Webb Butchering Hogs, Rob Amberg
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Beach Music, Lora Smith
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Fenceline, Jackie White Rogers
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New Orleans Morning, Lora Smith
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Carriage Ride, Jackie White Rogers
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Rob Amberg

Rob Amberg is a photographer from Madison County, North Carolina. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His first book, Sodom Laurel Album, received the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award of the Western North Carolina Historical Association. Find out more about Amberg and his work at www.robamberg.com.

Kevin Gardner

Kevin Gardner has received numerous awards for his art, which has been exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Primarily a painter, his work is mostly perceptual and is frequently inspired by historic work. He holds a Certificate in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and an MFA in Painting from Indiana University-Bloomington. Gardner is currently an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at Berea College.

Jackie White Rogers

Jackie White Rogers served for many years as an English teacher in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and now works as a literacy consultant with the Kentucky Department of Education. A writer and photographer, her short fiction and essays have been published in magazines such as The Louisville Review, Now and Then, and Wind, as well as anthologies. A native of Science Hill, Kentucky, she presently lives in Frankfort.

Lora Smith

Lora Smith currently serves as communications officer for the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation where she works on issues of poverty, economic development, and racial equity in the southern United States. A native of Corbin, Kentucky, she holds a B.A. from New York University and regularly writes for Punch magazine and the Southern Foodways Alliance.

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