Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, Colonel, US Air Force (Ret.), was born in Germany in 1935 and immigrated to the United States in 1951 at age sixteen with an eighth-grade education and no English-language skills. ...

Carrie Helms Tippen is associate professor of English at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tippen is author of Inventing Authenticity: How Cookbook Writers Redefine Southern Identity. She ...

Amy N. Monaghan is principal lecturer in cinema studies and literature at Clemson University. Her writing has appeared in The Awl and Black Clock.

Lianne K. Takemori is curator of education for the Mississippi Museum of Art.

Robin C. Dietrick has worked in and with museums and other organizations for more than twenty years as a curator, designer, and editor. She founded Symmetry LLC in 2013 following her tenure as curator ...

Maggie Dunlap is the daughter of artists William Dunlap and Linda Burgess. She lives in Virginia with her parents and her dog Snitch.

Bradley S. Klein lives in New York City, where he works as creative director of Acoustiguide.

Hank Williams (1923–1953) is revered in the top tier of the country music pantheon, and his forlorn ballads are classics in the country songbook. An inspired, natural genius, Williams was the complete ...

Geoffrey Lokke is a PhD candidate in theatre and performance at Columbia University. His work has appeared in such publications as PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, TDR: The Drama Review, and Textual ...

Bill Koon, a professor of English at Clemson University, is editor of Classic Southern Humor.