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Gail G. Collins
Columnist, Matters of Taste
As the author of three travel books while living abroad, international magazine contributor and local Flagstaff gal, writing gives her the chance to meet people and share their stories.
Margaret Erhart
Essayist, Letter From Home
Margaret Erhart is a writer, teacher, traveler and landlady. Some of her favorite work has been as an artist-in-the-schools in Tuba City, as a firefighter and as a Grand Canyon hiking guide. She is the author of five novels and has published essays in a variety of magazines. To find out more about her work, take a look at www.margareterhart.com.
Peter Friederici
Essayist, Letter From Home
Peter Friederici is a writer and a former itinerant field biologist and tour guide who in his spare time directs the Master of Arts Program in Sustainable Communities at Northern Arizona University.
Laura Kelly
Essayist, Letter From Home
Originally a flatlander, Laura Kelly is a journalism professor who teaches writing and storytelling at the American University in Bulgaria. She lives in Flagstaff during the summer months and calls the city one of her homes. She uses Mary Oliver’s words as her manifesto: “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
Mike Williams
Columnist, Masters of Brewtality
Mike Williams is a humble tattoo artist, an egotistical writer, a relentless beer drinker, unrepentant Hellraiser, connoisseur of all things Doom Metal and avid outdoorsman. After abandoning Phoenix as soon as possible, his writing and art have taken him around the world with Flagstaff and Seattle being his longest home bases. You can find him at any number of downtown bars, slinging ink at Woody’s Old School or not at all because he’s in the middle of nowhere hiding from this brutish modern world. He loves a huge campfire, anything that makes a loud boom and unending cold brews.
Stacy Murison
Essayist, Letter From Home
Stacy Murison is a Flagstaff-based writer. Her work has appeared in Assay, Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog, Flash Fiction Magazine, Hobart, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and The Rumpus among others. You can find her work at stacymurison.com or follow her on Twitter, @StacyMurison.
Nicole Walker
Columnist, Nicole's Impossibly Possible Ideas
Nicole Walker is the author of seven books, most recently Processed Meats: Essays on Food, Flesh, and Navigating Disaster. She teaches at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. The words here are her own and do not necessarily reflect those of her employer.