Kent Fielding—a teacher, coach, and poet—has taught in the Marshall Islands, at Jefferson Community College,

Tim Denevi is the author of Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson’s Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American

John F. Brick has a Ph.D. in English on “Gonzo Eternal” from Marquette University in

Margaret A. Harrell, a three-time MacDowell Colony fellow, was Hunter’s copy editor and Jim

Curtis Robinson, who edited newspapers in five states, has a varied, stellar career in

Christopher Tidmore, who leads the Walking Tour and a panel, is the co-owner of Garden

T. R. Johnson is a Professor of English and Weiss Presidential Fellow at Tulane University