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Without our friends, Story Made wouldn't exist. Thank you for your time, attention and space to make this possible.

English Instructor, Environmentalist, Poet, Filmmaker

Sylva, NC

Hilda Downer

Poet & Teacher

Sugar Grove, NC

Owner, Lemuria Books

Jackson, MS

lemuriabooks.com

Dawn Gilchrist

English Teacher & Writer

Swain County High School

Sylva, NC

Singer-songwriter, Storyteller

Minneapolis, MN

humbirdmusic.com

Brent Martin 

Author and Executive Director of Blue Ridge Bertram Trail Conservancy

Cowee, NC

blueridgebartram.org

Professor of English

Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture

University of Mississippi

Oxford, MS

southernstudies.olemiss.edu

Julian Rankin

Executive Director, Walter Anderson Museum of Art

Author of "Catfish Dream"

Ocean Springs, MS

ugapress.org/author/julian-rankin/

Professor of English, Western Carolina University

Sylva, NC

travisrountree.com

Playwright, Poet, Arts Educator

McComb, MS

 

Lee Stockdale

Poet

Fairview, NC

https://www.leestockdale.com

Owner, City Lights Bookstore

Sylva, NC

Home of Author Eudora Welty

Jackson, MS

welty.mdah.ms.gov

Vicksburg, MS

loreleibooks.com

Professor of English, Western Carolina University 

Sylva, NC

wcu.edu/faculty/mclaxton.aspx

Singer-songwriter, Storyteller

Brooklyn, NY

eliza-edens.com

County Librarian

Jackson County Public Library

Sylva, NC

Richard Howorth

Founder and Owner

Square Books

Oxford, MS

Creator, The Appalachian Retelling Project

Pikeville, Kentucky

theappalachianretellingproject.com

Garrett Martin 

Documentary Filmmaker

Owner,  VentureLife Films

Asheville, NC

garrettrmartin.com

Nina Parikh

Filmmaker, Director of the Mississippi Film Office

Jackson, MS

filmmississippi.org

Tuskegee's Resident Historian & Storyteller

Tuskegee, AL

Historian, Old Court House Museum

Vicksburg, MS

oldcourthouse.org

Filmmaker and Instructor

Northfield, MN

artelamilpa.com

Sociologist, Hip-Hop Scholar, Community Engagement Director

Oxford, MS

castelsweet.com

Author of Outbound Train

Cherokee, NC

Home of Author William Faulkner

Oxford, MS

rowanoak.com

 

Ellen Rodgers Daniels

Executive Director, Mississippi Book Festival 

Jackson, MS

msbookfestival.com

Author & Professor

Oxford, Mississippi

www.wralpheubanks.com

Storyteller, Writer, Professor

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

bbrianfoster.com

Assistant Curator, Rowan Oak

Oxford, MS

 

English Department Chair, Jackson State University Jackson, Mississippi

Owner, tourdebookshop

Tucson, AZ

linktr.ee/tourdebookshop

HC Porter

Painter, Printmaker, and Photographer

Vicksburg, MS

hcporter.com

Director, Eudora Welty House

Jackson, MS

laurenrhoades.com

Elaine McMillion Sheldon

Documentary Filmmaker

Knoxville, TN

elainemcmillionsheldon.com

Photographer and Professor

Asheville, NC

temastauffer.com

Founding Producing Artistic Lead, Calliope Stage

Sylva, NC

calliopestage.com

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