Faculty Information

  • Darnell Arnoult is the author of the novel Sufficient Grace, published both in hardcover (2006) and trade paperback (2007) by Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and now available as an unabridged audio book from Recorded Books. Her collection, What Travels with Us: Poems, published by LSU Press (2005), won the 2005 Weatherford Award in Fiction and Poetry and the 2006 SIBA Poetry Book of the Year Award. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Southern Cultures, Southwest Review, and Asheville Poetry Review. She holds a B.A. in American Studies with a concentration in Southern Folklore from UNC, Chapel Hill and an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from NC State University. She is a regular faculty member of the Duke Writers Workshop, Learning Events, and the John C. Campbell Folk School. She lives with her husband in Brush Creek, Tennessee where she is at work on her second novel. Her web site address is www.darnellarnoult.com.
  • Blas Falconer completed his M.F.A. from the University of Maryland and earned a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Indiana Review, Green Mountains Review, and Cimarron Review. As an assistant professor at Austin Peay State University, he teaches poetry and memoir. The Perfect Hour, his chapbook of poems, was published by Pleasure Boat Studio in June 2006, and this April the University of Arizona Press will publish his book-length collection of poems, A Question of Gravity and Light.
  • Dwonna Goldstone grew up in Moline, Illinois, home of the John Deere tractor. She received a B.A. in American Studies from the University of Iowa and an M.A.T. in Secondary English Education from Brown University. Her Ph.D. is in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Her book, Integrating the Forty Acres: The Fifty Year Struggle for Racial Equality at the University of Texas, looks at the long process to integrate UT. While completing her graduate studies, she worked as a social studies editor for Holt, Rinehart and Winston, an educational publisher. Dwonna teaches English at Austin Peay State University and is currently working on the second part of her essay, "A Black Woman's Guide to Online Dating."
  • D. Anne Love is the author of a dozen works of contemporary and historical fiction for teens and preteens, as well as an illustrated biography for younger readers. Collectively her books have garnered more than twenty awards and nominations and have been recognized by the American Library Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. A former professor of children's literature, she holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and is a popular speaker at writers' and educators' conferences and schools and libraries nationwide. Her most recent novel, Semiprecious, was called "Love's best yet" by Kirkus Reviews. She has another novel for young adults, Picture Perfect, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster this Spring. A native West-Tennessean, she currently resides in New Albany, Ohio. Her web site address is www.dannelove.com.
  • Belinda Smith won a Dove Award for 2004 Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year. Her songs have received several Dove and other award nominations, and she has had three number one songs. She was presented with a BMI Award in 2004. She has served on songwriting faculties across the country and also mentors privately. Her MySpace page is at www.myspace.com/belindasmith.

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