Laura Terry is an Associate Professor of Architecture in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. She also maintains an active art and writing practice. When not teaching or painting, she can be found exploring the woods of the Ozarks.
Betsy Reeder
Betsy Reeder is a retired biologist and college educator, as well as a doting grandma. She is the author of a historical fiction trilogy set in the New River region of West Virginia: Madam’s Creek, Broomstraw Ridge, and Salt in Boiling Water. She is also the author of the Civil-war-era novel Tupper’s Coins and the […]
An evening with Dawn Major and Kim Poovey
Thursday, March 20, 2025 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT Price: Free Registration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025. Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufort Website for details
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home to Kick Off Author’s Centennial Year with Panel on Faith, Race, and Disability
WHAT: The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the legacy of one of the South’s greatest writers, invites you to Flannery O’Connor: Faith, Race, and Disability, a panel discussion focused on faith, race, and disability in Flannery O’Connor’s work and in the modern South. A reception will follow the discussion. Panelists include: […]
J. Michael Dew
Michael Dew is a Professor of English at Georgia State University – Perimeter College. His books include Gadly Plain (Cladach Publishing 2013) and All the Bad Things (currently out of print). He is the creator of The Professor’s Bayonet, which is a weekly podcast that explores literature and theology with an eye toward social commentary.
Ethel Morgan Smith
Ethel Morgan Smith writes creative nonfiction and historical fiction. She has published three books: Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement. (August 2023) winner of the 2023 Eudora Welty Prize; From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College (2000 & 2017); and Reflections of the Other: Being Black in Germany […]