Al Maginnes was born in Massachusetts and grew up in a number of states, mostly in the southeast. A former recipient of an Artist’s Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, he has degrees in English and writing from East Carolina University and the University of Arkansas. He is the author of six full length … Read more about Al Maginnes.
John C. Mannone has poems in Anthology of Appalachian Writers XV [Barbara Kingsver], Red Branch Review, Windhover, North Dakota Quarterly, Adanna Literary Journal, Anacua Literary Arts Journal, Number One, Artemis Journal, Poetry South, Red Coyote, Blue Fifth Review, New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Baltimore Review, Pedestal, Pirene’s Fountain, and others. He’s … Read more about John C. Mannone.
Jacqueline Marcus is the author of Close to the Shore (Michigan State University Press). Her work has appeared in the Antioch Review, Kenyon Review, North American Review, North Dakota Quarterly, New Madrid, Tampa Review, Hotel Amerika, Verse Daily, and other journals. She taught philosophy at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, California. Marcus’ collection of commentaries, … Read more about Jacqueline Marcus.
Charlotte Matthews was born in Washington D. C., and her childhood memories are a prominent feature in a number of her poems. She has always felt a great affinity for the land. Right after college, she lived in a tomato greenhouse and farmed in Vermont. She is the author of two published chapbooks, A Kind … Read more about Charlotte Matthews.
Rebecca McClanahan’s ten published books include The Tribal Knot, Word Painting, and The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings, winner of the Glasgow Award in nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, the Pushcart Prize series, Boulevard, The Sun, The Kenyon Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Brevity, and numerous … Read more about Rebecca McClanahan.
Karen Salyer McElmurray’s Surrendered Child: A Birth Mother’s Journey, was an AWP Award Winner for Creative Nonfiction. Her novels are The Motel of the Stars, Editor’s Pick by Oxford American, and Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven, winner of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing. Her nonfiction work has been a recipient of the … Read more about Karen Salyer McElmurray.
Corey Mesler has been published in numerous anthologies and journals including Poetry, Gargoyle, Five Points, Good Poems American Places, and Esquire/Narrative. He has published 9 novels, 4 short story collections, and 5 full-length poetry collections, and a dozen chapbooks. He’s been nominated for the Pushcart many times, and 2 of his poems were chosen for … Read more about Corey Mesler.
Thorpe Moeckel has guided trips on rivers and trails throughout the Appalachians. His first book of poems, Odd Botany, won the Gerald Cable Award and was published in 2002. He teaches in the MFA Program at Hollins University and lives with his family on a small farm near the James River in Western Virginia.
RB Morris, poet, singer, songwriter, musician, and playwright, hails from Knoxville, Tennessee. In the 1980’s he edited an arts and literary tabloid, Hard Knoxville Review, which attracted a cult following in this country and in Europe. He is widely published as a poet. He also wrote a one-man play, The Man Who Lives Here Is … Read more about RB Morris.
Gordon Osing grew up in Central Illinois and Western Missouri, where he attended pre-theological high school and junior college. He taught elementary schools in suburban St. Louis and Independence, Missouri and high schools in Chicago and rural Alma, Missouri for ten years before heading back to campus at the University of Arkansas, for an MFA … Read more about Gordon Osing.
