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Betsy Wakefield Teter Editor & Author

Dr. Jim Neighbors teaches ethnic literature written in the U.S at Wofford College and co-coordinates the African/African American Studies Program. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Brenda Lee Pryce is the co-author of South of Main (Hub City Press, 2005). She served as the first Black female state legislator in South Carolina, received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Wofford College in 2023, and is a founding member of the Spartanburg African American Heritage and Culture Committee.

A former journalist at four newspapers in the Carolinas, Betsy Wakefield Teter served as executive director of the Hub City Writers Project and director of Hub City Press for 22 years. She edited Textile Town (Hub City, 2002) and numerous other Hub City titles.