Cole Porter (1891–1964) remains one of America’s most popular composer-songwriters, known for the many urbane, witty, romantic songs he wrote for stage musicals and Hollywood films. Porter was unique ...

Though numerous biographies have been published on William Faulkner, readers are often presented conflicting interpretations of his life and work. Faulkner’s view of himself and his own family was mercurial, ...

This anthology, nearly sixty years in the making, features over one hundred poets and writers on the theme of “Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home.” Exploring the past, present, and ...

Lawrence Wells’s “Ghostwriter” manuscript was awarded the 2014 Faulkner-Wisdom Prize for narrative nonfiction at the Words and Music Festival in New Orleans. His memoir In Faulkner’s Shadow, about ...

Naomi Simone Borwein is an academic and a poet. A research associate at Western University in London, Ontario, she teaches at the University of Windsor, which sits on the traditional territory of Three ...

William Faulkner in Holly Springs describes places and people in this small Mississippi town and defines how these newly identified individuals and locales affected Faulkner’s writings. Author Sally ...

Sally Wolff, who earned her doctorate in English from Emory University, has taught and served in the administration there for forty-five years. She previously has published four books about southern literature ...

Wayne A. Wiegand is F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus at Florida State University. Often referred to as “the Dean of American library historians,” he is author ...

Con Chapman is a Boston-area writer and author of Rabbit’s Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges, winner of the 2019 Book of the Year Award by Hot Club de France, and Kansas City Jazz: A Little ...

Fern June Khan formerly served as dean of the Division of Continuing Education at Bank Street College and as associate dean for LaGuardia Community College’s Division of Adult and Continuing Education. ...