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 […]
“A Sharper Silence” by Michael Hettich
January 8, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Etudes. Studies. In music, these were thought to be mere technical exercises to develop a student’s skill with an instrument. Then Frédéric Chopin came along, so the story goes, and elevated the étude to the realm of highest artistry. I imagine Michael Hettich similarly. He sits down at his writing desk to do these studies, […]
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 […]
“The Amalfi Curse” by Sarah Penner
January 5, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Are you ready to be transported to a picturesque setting on the Amalfi Coast, where the warm rays of the sun are warming your skin, the salt spray is in the air, and the sand is between your toes? The Amalfi Curse (Park Row 2025) by Sarah Penner is an enjoyable tale of mystery, adventure, […]
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 […]
Meredith Sue Willis is teaching Novel Writing by Zoom
January 3, 2026 by Leave a Comment
West Virginia native author Meredith Sue Willis is teaching Novel Writing (WRIT1-CE9357) at the New York University School of Professional Studies, Spring 2026. The class is by Zoom on 10 Wednesdays, February 4 – April 15, 2026, 6:30p.m. to 8:50 p.m. Get more information and sign up here: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/courses/WRIT1-CE9357-novel-writing.html For more information about Meredith Sue Willis, […]