This is a group of Doris Betts’s friends and colleagues who pay tribute to her life and work in the Summer 2012 issue.

Billy Renkl (b. 1963) grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attended Auburn University and the University of South Carolina. He teaches drawing, illustration, and collage at Austin Peay State...

Margaret Renkl is the author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss. She is also a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, where her essays appear each Monday.

Stacy Bloom Rexrode is a multidisciplinary visual artist residing in Chapel Hill, NC. She is currently the Curator of Exhibitions and Collections with the City of Raleigh.

Edward Rice was born in 1953 in Augusta, GA and raised in North Augusta, SC. He was protégé of Freeman Schoolcraft from 1972-1979 and Director / Artist in Residence at the Gertrude...

Margaret Rich, a native of South Carolina, has lived most of her adult life in North Carolina, where she has worked for the past twenty-five years as a professional gardener at a private...

Robert is a Ph.D. Candidate in United States history at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is working on a dissertation that investigates the political and economic significance of the years surrounding...

Rachel Richardson is a 2013 NEA fellow. Her first book, Copperhead, was published in 2011 by Carnegie Mellon University Press. She has published poems in Slate, New England Review, Southern...

Heather Richie was older at 20 than a lot of people who have died.

Wilbert Rideau was editor of The Angolite, a prison newsmagazine that during his tenure was nominated seven times for a National Magazine Award.

Jeanie Riess is a writer and journalist in New Orleans. Most recently, she was a feature writer for The Gambit, but this fall she'll begin graduate work at the University of Montana's MFA...

Clay Risen is a staff editor at the New York Times op-ed page, where he oversees “Disunion,” the paper’s online series about the Civil War. He is the author of American Whiskey,...

The names of Celia Rivenbark’s books give you an idea of what to expect when you hear her speak to an audience.

Iliana Rocha earned her PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from Western Michigan University. Her work has been featured in the Best New Poets 2014 anthology, as well as The...

Mary Johnson Rockers is a social worker and performing singer-songwriter. She grew up in Virginia, East Tennessee, Michigan, back to Tennessee again, and then North Carolina where she has...

David Ropeik is an instructor at Harvard University, consultant in risk perception and risk management, and author of How Risky Is it, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts. ...

John Rosenthal’s photographs have been exhibited throughout the Northeast and South. His one-person shows include exhibits at The National Humanities Center, The Asheville Museum of Art,...

Nahed Rouchdy was educated at the Mère De Dieu School and the American University in Cairo where she studied Political Science with a minor in History.

Nayantara Roy is the author of The Magnificent Ruins, her upcoming debut novel, from Algonquin, an imprint of Little Brown and Hachette Book Group (November 2024).

Mona Russell is an Associate Professor of History at East Carolina University. Her specialty is 19th and 20th century Egypt, with a focus on women and gender. 

Brook J. Sadler earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Duke University. A professor at the University of South Florida, she teaches a wide range of interdisciplinary courses focused on the...

Omid Safi is a leading Muslim public intellectual. He is the Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center (http://islamicstudies.duke.edu/).

Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, Lynn Saville is known internationally for her award-winning photographs of cityscapes at twilight and dawn, or, in her words, "the boundary times...

Michelle Sawyer is a visual artist from Tampa, Florida. She earned her degree in Fine Arts from the University of South and became a multifaceted artist.

Brenda Brown Schoonover, a native of Maryland, retired from the U.S. State Department Foreign Service in 2004 after more than thirty years of U.S. Government service. In addition to her...

Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in June 2006. She serves as chief pastor and primate to the Episcopal Church's members in 16 countries and 110...

Samia Serageldin is the author of two novels and one short story collection. Her latest novel is The Naqib's Daughter.

Richard Sexton is a noted fine art and media photographer whose work has been published and exhibited worldwide. He is the author/photographer of eight photographic titles including most...

Rob Shapard is a writer and historian, focusing on stories about people and natural environments in the American South.

Welmon Sharlhorne was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1952. He spent his childhood in the fields and bayous of Houma, Louisiana, one hour south of New Orleans. After 22 years of...