Jeremy Jones is the author of Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland, about which Brett Lott has written “the remarkable thing about Bearwallow is its seamless weaving of time, place, and blood. Jeremy Jones's craftsmanship in telling this story of generations and geography and his reverence for both are a beauty to behold. A fine debut of a fine writer--this is a wonderful book."  Jeremy’s essays have appeared in numerous journals, and have twice been cited in The Best American Essays. A native of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he is now a professor of creative writing at Western Carolina University.

“Those inquisitive and careful voices from the students and faculty of the Nonfiction Writing Program follow me around even now, years after completing my MFA. They make me a braver writer, a sharper editor of my own work, and a shrewder professional in both the academic and writing worlds. Surrendering myself to workshops and involved reading lists and conversations about Montaigne in someone's attic apartment on Halloween made me much more self-reliant in the end. I borrowed skills and observations from those around me so that I could make a go at a writing life back in the post-MFA ‘real world.’ What I also learned quickly at Iowa is that this genre is boundless. During those three years, the form (the world?) was opened up to me and I was made to build up and invent and mimic abilities to take a stab at it.”