Writing friends in middle Tennessee and beyond:

Karen Alea

Gloria Ballard

Darnell Arnoult

Judy DiGregorio

Jimmy Carl Harris

Jane Hicks

Cindy Phiffer

Terry Price

Denis' Thomas - don't miss her cool, personalized version of Psalm 23 here. 

Silas House, Pam Duncan and other friends and mentors are also listed in the Favorite Books and Authors section. 

Literary journals and links for those of us with a Southern or Appalachian bias:

Appalachian Heritage

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal

New Southerner

Poetry Southeast

Southern Cultures

storySouth

USADEEPSOUTH.COM

Wind

and other favorites with enviable writing online:

Flashquake

Literary Mama

Narrative Magazine

Pindeldyboz

Smartish Pace

Smokelong Quarterly

Vestal Review

Music

• Becky Buller - an impressive up-and-coming fiddle player and songwriter - check out her CD "Little Bird." Becky plays with Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike.

• Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra

• Tennessee Fiddle Orchestra, led by Jim and Inge Wood (nice site for musicians)

• Uncle Dave Macon Days celebrates old-time music and includes a craft show as well

• Murfreesboro's Main Street JazzFest

Artists

• Anne Carothers - Kory's children are featured in Anne's wonderful and thoughtful work called "Colored Children."

• Studio S Pottery

• Norris Hall

• The Stones River Craft Association

Theater, classes, exhibits and more

• The Arts Center of Cannon County

• The Murfreesboro Center for the Arts

• The Fly Cultural Arts Center in Shelbyville