Tom Whitehead earned an undergraduate degree in political science at Northwestern State University and a Master's of Science degree from Boston University in Public Relations and...

Katerina Katsarka Whitley is the author of six books in circulation and three more in the works. She studied at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece, at Mars Hill College in North...

Charlotte Hall Wilbur works for the New York City Parks Department, where she oversees the administration of the city’s specialty food program and numerous other food-related...

Curtis Wilkie teaches journalism and serves as a fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi, his alma mater.

Brianna Cullen Wilson is an educator in the Boston Public Schools, where she has taught Humanities, Special Education, and English as a Second Language since 2010. Previously she worked in...

L. Lamar Wilson’s documentary poetics has been featured in two poetry collections, a stage production, and a film. Sacrilegion (Carolina Wren Press, 2013) was a finalist for the Thom Gunn...

William F. Winter was born in Grenada, MS and was Mississippi’s 58th governor.

Maria Wirth is a German writer. She came to India on a stopover on her way to Australia after finishing her psychology studies at Hamburg University.

Sara Wood travels the South collecting stories as an oral historian for the Southern Foodways Alliance.

Henry Harman Woodall grew up during Southern summers when weekly visits by the bookmobile sent him around the world and across time only steps from his home.

Political consultant and author David Woodard has taught politics at Clemson since 1983. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including The New Southern Politics, The America that...

Sara Woodbury is a scholar, curator, and artist whose research intersects the history of museums, art access, and mobility studies. She is currently a PhD Candidate in American Studies at...

Susan Woodring is the author of a novel, Goliath (St. Martin’s Press, 2012) and a short story collection, Springtime on Mars (Press 53, 2008). Her short fiction has appeared in The...

Baynard Woods lives in Baltimore, where he is the senior editor of the City Paper. He is the author of Coffin Point: The Strange Cases of Ed McTeer, Witchdoctor Sheriff, and his essay "Old...

Susan Worsham grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Her childhood field trips were to cigarette factories and Civil War battlegrounds, with a brown bag lunch in tow.

Kim Wright is the author of Love in Mid Air, The Unexpected Waltz, and The Canterbury Sisters, as well as the upcoming Last Ride to Graceland, which will be published by Gallery in May...

Dr. Charlton W. Yingling is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Louisville. His publications examine race, revolutions, religiosity, and animals' influences upon human...

Lynn York is the author of two novels: The Piano Teacher (Plume, 2004) and The Sweet Life (Plume, 2007), a Booksense Notable Book.

Theresa A. Yuschok, MD is a psychiatrist in private practice in Chapel Hill, NC.  She was introduced to depth psychology at Northwestern University in a theater class taught by Jungian...

Samia Zeitoun was born and raised in Egypt and studied English Literature at Cairo University but has lived in England and California for extended years.