Reviewed by Tina Mozelle Braziel and James Braziel Walt Whitman contains multitudes, and so does Salaam Green’s debut collection The Other Revival: Poems & Reckonings (Pulley Press 2025). A certified listening poet, Green put her vast skills to work at the Wallace House in Harpersville, AL as a poet-in-residence, interviewing descendants of the enslaved and […]
James and Tina Mozelle Braziel
February 16, 2026 by Leave a Comment
James and Tina Mozelle Braziel are a husband-and-wife writing team. They have received fellowships from Hot Springs National Park and Alabama State Council on the Arts. James Braziel’s book, This Ditch-Walking Love (Livingston Press), winner of the Tartt Fiction Award, tells the stories of people living on Alabama’s Cumberland Plateau. His novels Birmingham, 35 Miles (Bantam) and Snakeskin Road (Bantam) […]
Ben Guest
February 10, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Ben Guest holds a PhD from the University of Mississippi and an MFA from the University of Southern California. His 2021 memoir, Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball: Memoir of a Namibian Odyssey, hit #1 on several Amazon categories. He has a weekly newsletter about writing and creativity at benbo.subtsack.com.
Charlotte Olson
February 1, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Charlotte Olson, originally from Burlington, NC, lives in Chattanooga TN, where she works at the Chattanooga Public Library. She wears many hats there, but one of her favorites is as the coordinator of a creative writing group called Write & Chatt. She also enjoys travel, reading, baking, and exploring the many cute little towns of […]
Writing opportunities from Julie Cantrell
January 13, 2026 by Leave a Comment
THREE big opportunities for YOU to write, publish, and create in 2026. ——————- LAST CALL FOR WOMEN’S WRITING RETREAT IN FRANCE ——————– ONLY 2 spots left! Here’s your last chance to join fellow NYT bestselling author Sadeqa Johnson and me for a week of writing, relaxing, and exploring in beautiful Arcachon, France. If you’ve been needing […]
Rhonda Browning White
January 11, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Rhonda Browning White gleefully resides in Hickory, NC. Her first novel, Filling the Big Empty, was published in November 2024 by Redhawk Publications. She is editor of The Appalachian Grit Lit Anthology featuring some of our region’s best authors, forthcoming with Redhawk Publications in December 2025. Rhonda received the 2019 Press 53 Award for Short […]