Bathanti is the former Poet Laureate of North Carolina (2012-14) and recipient of the North Carolina Award in Literature. Joseph Bathanti
Bonner’s criticism has appeared in Cleveland Review of Books, Literary Hub, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Senses of Cinema, The Rumpus, and The Sewanee Review, among others. Hannah Bonner
Burrell is the author of TROUBLER (Aldrich Press, 2018) and The Skin of the River (Aldrich Press, 2014). Elijah Burrell
Pritchard Childress lives in the shadow of Roan Mountain in East Tennessee. Catherine Pritchard Childress
Hanson Foster is the author of Mid Drift, a finalist for the Massachusetts Center for the Book Award. Kate Hanson Foster
In her poems, Fox recreates sensory experiences with an intelligence that stirs the mind and a depth that reaches the soul. Marilyn Fox
Ha is the author of Flesh and The Demon Who Peddled Longing. He is a seven-time Pushcart nominee, finalist for the Mary McCarthy Prize, Many Voices Project, Prairie Schooner Book Prize, and The University of New Orleans Press Lab Prize. Khanh Ha
Kelly has been a columnist and features writer for The Lakeville Journal, a volunteer EMT, a writer/producer in the Marketing Department of Lifetime Television. Tara Kelly
LeBlond is a retired field biologist. His essays and photographs have appeared in many U.S. and international journals. Richard LeBlond
In addition to We Could’ve Been Happy Here, Keith Pilapil Lesmeister is the author of Mississippi River Museum (WTAW Press). Keith Pilapil Lesmeister
Magowan lives with her family in San Francisco and teaches in the Department of Literatures and Languages at Mills College. Kim Magowan
Marburg is the author of two previous collections of stories, The Truth About Me and No Diving Allowed. Louise Marburg
Michel-Cassidy lived for 15 years in voluntary exile in rural Northern New Mexico. She is a writer, critic, teacher, editor, and visual artist. Linda Michel-Cassidy
Pratt is a Chicago-based writer whose work has appeared in Literary Mama, Motherwell, The Mindful Word, Chicago Parent, Under the Gum Tree, Essay Daily, and The Week, among others. Susannah Q. Pratt
Rinard was an award-winning high school English teacher before becoming a student in the University of South Florida’s MFA program where she teaches composition and creative writing. Andrea Rinard
Ross is the author of three story collections: There’s So Much They Haven’t Told You, winner of the 2016 Moon City Short Fiction Award (2017) Michelle Ross
Singleton has published ten collections of stories, two novels, and one book of writing advice. George Singleton
Sneeden’s poems and essays have appeared in AGNI, The Common, Ecotone, Harvard Review, The Kenyon Review, New England Review, The New Republic, Ploughshares, Slate, Southwest Review, The Surfer’s Journal, and many other magazines. Ralph Sneeden
Stewart is the author of The Ghost the Night Becomes (2014), 2013 winner of the Gertrude Press Poetry Chapbook Competition Darius Stewart
Vollmer is the author of two short-story collections—Future Missionaries of America and Gateway to Paradise—as well as two collections of essays—inscriptions for headstones and Permanent Exhibit. Matthew Vollmer
Joan Wickersham is the author of The News from Spain and The Suicide Index, a National Book Award Finalist. Joan Wickersham
Sylvia Woods taught high school English in East Tennessee for forty-three years. She is a native of Clay County in Eastern Kentucky where her ancestors have lived for over two hundred years. Sylvia Woods
