where the writers are

Favorite Books

To Kill a Mockingbird, One Day in Maine, Blueberries for Sal, The Garden, The Library.

What I'm Reading

Memoirs such as Virginia Woolf, Basho, Karen McElmurray, and Sharon Olds. Appalachian and Southern Literature including books by and about James Still.

Favorite Authors

Barbara Kingsolver, Kay Redfield Jamison, Gail Cher, Robert McCloskey, Mary Oliver, and Felicia Mitchell.

Influences

Great teachers in my life have included Mrs. Godsey (fifth grade), Mrs. Callison (AP English), Felicia Mitchell, Libby Jones, and Vicky Hayes. 

Maggie Hess’s Bookmarks