Contemporary poets, dramatists, essayists, and novelists of the South

Joseph M. Flora is a leading scholar of Southern literature, with a particular focus on contemporary writers across various genres. He has authored and edited numerous works, including "Fifty Southern Writers After 1900" and studies on Ernest Hemingway. His expertise spans poets, dramatists, essayists, and novelists from the American South.

Robert Bain is the author of The Clans and Tartans of Scotland, a key work on Scottish heritage. He is also known for his extensive literary reference books, particularly those focusing on Southern American writers and contemporaries of figures like Whitman and Dickinson.