Foreword by: Barbra Streisand
Afterword by: Cassandra King Conroy
Contributions by: Dottie Ashley, William A. Balk Jr., Rick Bragg, Sonny Brewer, Sandra Brown, Jonathan Carroll, Ryder Carroll, Mark Childress, Katherine Clark, John Connor Cleveland, Melissa Conroy, Tim Conroy, Debbi Covington, Nathalie Dupree, Walter Edgar, Stephanie Austin Edwards, Margaret Evans, Nikky Finney, Connie May Fowler, Jonathan Galassi, Judy Goldman, Scott Graber, Cliff Graubart, Cynthia Graubart, Anthony Grooms, Alexia Jones Helsley, Patti Callahan Henry, Mary Hood, Josephine Humphreys, Janis Ian, Terry Kay, John Lane, David Lauderdale, Ellen Malphrus, Andy Marlette, Bren McClain, Teresa Miller, Wendell Minor, Mary Alice Monroe, Michael Morris, Kathy L. Murphy, Michael O’Keefe, Steve Oney, Kathleen Parker, Mark Powell, Ron Rash, Sallie Ann Robinson, Lawrence S. Rowland, Jonathan Sanchez, Alex Sanders, Valerie Sayers, Sean Scapellato, Bernie Schein, Maggie Schein, Nicole Seitz, Lynn Seldon, Catherine Seltzer, Anne Rivers Siddons, George Singleton, William Walsh, John Warley, Ashley Warlick, Teresa K. Weaver, Marjory Wentworth