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Notes on Contributors Matthew R. Bardowell <matthew.bardowell@mobap.edu> is Associate Professor of English at Missouri Baptist University, where he teaches British literature, world literature, and composition. His research centers on Old Norse and Old English literature as well as the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, and his recent scholarship engages questions concerning emotion and aesthetics. His work appears in Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, Mythlore, and The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. He is currently co-editing (with John Han and Clark Triplett) Certainty and Ambiguity: Essays on the Moral Imagination of Mystery Fiction (forthcoming in 2023). Bardowell holds a Ph.D. in English from Saint Louis University. Jane Beal <jbeal@laverne.edu>: See page 3. Rebecca Duke <Rebecca.Duke@mobap.edu> is an adjunct English instructor at several universities and colleges as well as a stay-at-home mother. Rebecca enjoys engaging students in both the academic and creative writing processes inside the classroom. In addition to writing lesson plans that encourage students to develop their voice and to record meaningful detail within their essays, Rebecca has studied creative writing within her undergraduate and graduate career in English studies and has written and produced a short play at Bob Jones University. Rebecca personally keeps a poetry journal by her side during travels, Bible study, and when recording simple observations about daily life. Poetry challenges and retreats with friends and colleagues, as well as quiet Saturday mornings with her family, inspire her to fill her poetry journals. She has served as a guest editor of Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems. John J. Han <john.han@mobap.edu> is a Professor of English and Creative Writing and Chair of the Humanities Division at Missouri Baptist University. Han is the author, editor, co-editor, or translator of 31 books, including Wise Blood: A Re-Consideration (Rodopi, 2011), The Final Crossing: Death and Dying in Literature (with C. Triplett; Peter Lang, 2015), Worlds Gone Awry: Essays on Dystopian Fiction (with C. Triplett and A. Anthony; McFarland, 2018), and dawn returns: The Haiku Society of America 2022 Members’ Anthology (New York: HSA, 2022). He has published numerous critical essays, book reviews, and reference entries, as well as more than 2,200 poems. His recent poems appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Wales Haiku Journal, World Haiku Review, and other periodicals. He earned his M.A. from Kansas State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Cordell P. Schulten <Cordell.SchultenJD@mobap.edu> is an adjunct professor at Missouri Baptist University. Prior to his return to MBU, he served as a teacher, the Dean of Students, and a staffer at Valor International Scholars (VIS) in