{"id":11,"date":"2019-05-07T15:51:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T15:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2019-05-07T15:51:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T15:51:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Goodly Land: Alabama&#8217;s Literary Landscape&nbsp;is a project of the Alabama Center for the Book. Its purposes are to spotlight Alabama&#8217;s literary past, present, and future and to encourage the reading of Alabama literature. The authors included in this project have been selected by a committee made up of scholars and experts in Alabama literature. 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Beck, University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/li><li>Rickey Best, Auburn University Montgomery<\/li><li>Alan Brown, Auburn University<\/li><li>Delores Carlito, University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/li><li>Nancy Dupree, University of Alabama<\/li><li>Sarah K. Garrett, University of Alabama in Huntsville<\/li><li>Robbin Glaser, Troy University &#8211; Dothan Campus<\/li><li>Merrily Harris, University of Alabama<\/li><li>Marianne C. Hitchcock, Auburn University<\/li><li>Barbara Hightower, Auburn University Montgomery<\/li><li>Sara Hudson, Auburn University<\/li><li>Brenda Kerwin, Huntingdon College<\/li><li>Joan Knarr, Pine Grove Historical Society, Pine Grove, Pa.<\/li><li>Pearl Kreichbaum, Pine Grove Historical Society, Pine Grove, Pa.<\/li><li>Jessica Lacher-Feldman, University of Alabama<\/li><li>Sandra Lott, Auburn University<\/li><li>Heather Martin, University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/li><li>Donna S. Miller, Troy University &#8211; Dothan Campus<\/li><li>Mark L. Moore, Maxwell Air Force Base<\/li><li>Harry D. Nuttall, Jacksonville State University<\/li><li>Suzanne Peterson, Samford University<\/li><li>Joe Ross, Auburn University<\/li><li>Patsy Sears, University of Montevallo<\/li><li>Julia Smith, Troy University-Dothan Campus<\/li><li>Alice Spayd, Pine Grove Historical Society, Pine Grove, Pa.<\/li><li>Colleen Valente, Auburn University Montgomery<\/li><li>Vicki Watkins, Maxwell Air Force Base<\/li><li>Kathy Wheeler, University of South Alabama<\/li><li>A. J. Wright, University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selection Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(List includes both current and former members.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bert Hitchcock,&nbsp;Chair, Auburn University, emeritus<\/li><li>Nancy Anderson, Auburn University Montgomery<\/li><li>Philip D. Beidler, University of Alabama<\/li><li>Judith Lechner, Auburn University<\/li><li>Jean McIver, University of South Alabama, emerita<\/li><li>Mary Beth Newbill, Birmingham Public Library<\/li><li>Joan Nist, Auburn University, emerita<\/li><li>Don Noble, Alabama Public Television, University of Alabama, emeritus<\/li><li>Alice Stephens, Alabama Public Library Service, retired<\/li><li>Benjamin B. Williams, Auburn University Montgomery, emeritus<\/li><li>Hope White, Auburn University Montgomery<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Advisory Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(List includes both current and former members.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Joan Atkinson, University of Alabama, School of Library and Information Services<\/li><li>Jo Anne Bryant, Alabama Reading Association<\/li><li>Marion Carter, Alabama Humanities Foundation<\/li><li>Michael Cordle, Alabama Council of Teachers of English<\/li><li>Sherida Downer, Auburn University Libraries<\/li><li>Ginger Eastman, Alabama State Department of Education<\/li><li>David Harwell, Alabama Center for Literary Arts<\/li><li>Jim Hilgartner, Huntingdon College<\/li><li>Steve Hubbard, Association of College English Teachers of Alabama<\/li><li>Bonnie MacEwan, Auburn University Libraries<\/li><li>Heather Martin, Alabama Library Association<\/li><li>Alan May, Alabama Library Association<\/li><li>Sue Medina, Network of Alabama Academic Libraries<\/li><li>Rebecca Mitchell, Alabama Public Library Service<\/li><li>Denise Oliver, Alabama State Department of Education<\/li><li>Debbie Pendleton, Alabama Department of Archives and History<\/li><li>Daniel J. J. Ross, University of Alabama Press<\/li><li>Randy Shoults, Alabama State Council on the Arts<\/li><li>Robert C. Stewart, Alabama Humanities Foundation<\/li><li>Jeanie Thompson, Alabama Writers&#8217; Forum<\/li><li>Cheryl and Thomas Upchurch, Capitol Book &amp; News<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Staff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(List includes both current and former members.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Midge Coates: Project manager, author profiles<\/li><li>Barrett Clink: Graphic design<\/li><li>Brian Gillis: Copy-editing<\/li><li>Katie Corven: Logo<\/li><li>Laura Hill: Copy-editing<\/li><li>Jay Lamar: Copy-editing<\/li><li>Austin McAdory: Database, Web design<\/li><li>Chris Mixon: Cartography<\/li><li>Betsy Panhorst: Author profiles, photograph permissions<\/li><li>Sam Singer: Database, Web design<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Goodly Land: Alabama&#8217;s Literary Landscape&nbsp;is a project of the Alabama Center for the Book. 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