Allen Mendenhall Interviews Mark Schimmoeller, Author of “Slowspoke”

AM: Mark, I’m excited about this interview because I’d like to say I know someone who made a cross-country trip on a unicycle. Not many people can claim that—probably just the people who know you. Why in the world did you undertake this journey? MS: I’m thrilled that you know a cross-country unicycle traveler—and a […]

John Nelson

John Nelson has contributed essays on birds and literature to The Antioch Review, The Gettysburg Review, Harvard Magazine, The Harvard Review, The Massachusetts Review, The New England Review, and various birding magazines in the U.S. and Great Britain. His essay “Brolga the Dancing Crane Girl,” on birds and dance, was awarded the Carter Prize for […]

William Walsh

William Walsh’s books include Speak So I Shall Know Thee: Interviews with Southern Writers, The Ordinary Life of a Sculptor, The Conscience of My Other Being, Under the Rock Umbrella: Contemporary American Poets from 1951-1977, and David Bottoms: Critical Essays and Interviews.  His work has appeared in AWP Chronicle, Cimarron Review, Five Points, Flannery O’Connor […]

M.W. Rishell

Mike Rishell is an instructor at Butler Community College and resides in Wichita, Kansas.  He holds graduate degrees from Vanderbilt and Michigan State University, along with an MFA from Oklahoma City University.

JoAn W. Martin

After teaching in Baytown schools in Texas for 22 years, JoAn W. Martin retired but continued as a reading and writing consultant for Houston area schools. She also served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Houston Clear Lake and Lee College. She reviews books for The Baytown Sun, The Galveston Daily News, the […]

Lynn Braxton

After retiring from Florida State University, award winning author and reviewer, Lynn Braxton, returned to her birthplace in the Panhandle of Florida with her two rescue dogs, Snuffy and Sadie. Raised an only child, her earliest companions were paper dolls cut from mail order catalogs. Today she pursues her passion for history, research, and writing. […]