Daniel Westover is author of R. S. Thomas: A Stylistic Biography (University of Wales Press, 2011) and co-editor of The World Is Charged: Poetic Engagements with Gerard Manley Hopkins (Clemson University Press, 2016). Daniel earned an MFA from McNeese State University and a PhD from the University of Wales, Bangor. He lives in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he is Associate Professor of English at East Tennessee State University.

Thomas Alan Holmes, a professor of English at East Tennessee State University, specializes in Appalachian and Southern literature. He is co-editor of Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture (Lexington Books) and Jeff Daniel Marion: Poet on the Holston(University of Tennessee Press). His research and creative work have appeared in such journals asLouisiana Literature, Valparaiso Poetry Review, e Connecticut Review, Appalachian Heritage, Blue Mesa Review, and Appalachian Journal.