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 […]
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 […]
Nick Boone
January 7, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Dr. Nicholas (Nick) Boone, Ph.D, teaches American literature and writing at Harding University. He also directs the Writing Center. He has published articles on a wide range of literary figures, from Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe, to D. H Lawrence and William Carlos Williams, to Mark Strand, Rita Dove, and Jorie Graham–and many […]
Mimi Davis
January 4, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Tales like Little House In The Big Woods, Treasure Island, and the Nancy Drew mysteries first captured Mimi Davis’s attention and established her lifelong love of reading. Mimi pursued this passion further when she earned her BA in English with a minor in German from Delta State University. She enjoys a wide variety of book genres which has […]
Stephanie Cornais
December 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Stephanie Cornais is a dedicated observer of the natural world, a secondary science teacher, a Certified Florida Master Naturalist, and an environmental consultant. She is known for creating outdoor classrooms and leading nature-based field trips. She also shares her passion for the healing power of nature through wellness retreats and her Substack newsletter, Natural and Wild […]