Bart has been a Rotarian since 1986 and is a member of the Rotary Club of Oxford, North Carolina, in District 7710. He was District Governor in 1998-1999 under Rotary International...

Katy Clune has worked in communications for the cultural sector for more than ten years.

Wesley and Missy Cochran were born and raised in LaGrange, Georgia.

Justin Coleman is the Senior Pastor of University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A native of Houston, he is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas,...

Tony Coleman is from Memphis, TN. He’s spent the last 10 years living between various cities in New England and the city that will always be his Home.

Ecola Collier is an Alaska Native artist who grew up living in Oregon during the winter and Naknek, Alaska during the summer. She currently spends summers commercial fishing in Bristol...

Growing up in a small southern college town, there weren’t many places in my area where I could be exposed to fine art.

miriam cooke is Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Arab Cultures at Duke University.

Martha Lynn Coon is a writer, blogger, and mother of two. Originally from Alabama, she currently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and children. She holds an MFA from The University...

Annie Cotten is a southern, seeking nomad currently residing in New Orleans. A late bloomer, she is still sprouting buds. Stay tuned. Ten Things I Can’t Do Without Coffee Cheese Cats (I...

Karen L. Cox was born in Huntington, West Virginia. She moved with her family to North Carolina when she was 11 and attended public schools in Greensboro.

Kareem Crayton, a native Southerner, is a scholar whose work integrates law, politics and race. His analysis on politics and voting matters regularly appear in media outlets including the...

In 2009, Moira Crone was given the Robert Penn Warren Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers for the body of her work. Calling her a "writer's writer," Allan Gurganus wrote the prize...

Hal Crowther, who won the Baltimore Sun’s H.L. Mencken Writing Award in 1992, is the author of An Infuriating American: The Incendiary Arts of H.L. Mencken, published in October 2014 by...

Paul Cuadros is the author of the best-selling book, A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small-Town America, Harpers.

Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, Synora Hunt Cummings grew up and currently resides in Johnston County, North Carolina, with her husband, three children, and English Bulldog.

Jefferson Currie is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and a native North Carolinian. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke with a BA in...

Kenny Dalsheimer is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and media educator. He founded The Groove Productions in 1996. In 2007, he co-directed Bending Space: Georges Rousse and the Durham...

Nicholas Danforth completed his Ph.D. in history at Georgetown University in 2015 and has written widely about Turkey, U.S. foreign policy, and the Middle East for publications including...

Lucy Daniels is a writer and clinical psychologist who uses the lessons learned in her personal victory over anorexia nervosa and writer’s block to assist others. Her novels include the...

Originally from Yerevan, Armenia, Dr. Asya Darbinyan has lived in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Connecticut over the past ten years, first as a doctoral student of history and...

Randi Davenport is the author of The End of Always (Hachette/Twelve, 2014) and The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010).

Tyree Daye is a poet from Youngsville, North Carolina. He is the author of two poetry collections River Hymns (2017 APR/Honickman First Book Prize winner) and Cardinal, forthcoming from...

Christina Delay graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she got a degree in advertising because it was as close to business as she wanted to get.

Sarah Dessen grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, graduating with highest honors in Creative Writing. She is the author of several novels, including Someone...

Laurel Donahoo, professional blogger and social media manager, was born and raised in Mississippi. She attended Mississippi State University where she majored in Communication, with an...

Born in Blytheville, Arkansas on January 26, 1973, visual artist and entrepreneur Najee Dorsey is known for embracing southern roots in his work by relaying scenes of African American life...

Andrew Doss serves as Director of Policy & Partnerships for Future Tide Partners, which equips individuals and institutions to shift culture, policy, and investments in a rapidly changing...

Joe Morris Doss is the President of At the Threshold, a newly launched international and ecumenical organization fostering the transformation of the Christian Church. Bishop Doss served...

Cate Doty is the author of Mergers and Acquisitions: Or, Everything I Know About Love I Learned on the Wedding Pages. She is a writer and former editor at the New York Times, where she...