Jonathan Miles is the author of the novel, Eradication – A Fable (Doubleday).

Reeling from tragedy, a former jazz musician–turned–schoolteacher named Adi answers a job listing advertising a chance to save the world.

The assignment: to spend five weeks alone on the tiny, isolated Pacific Island of Santa Flora righting an ecological balance that’s gone severely out of whack, with the aim of preserving countless bird and plant species from certain extinction. What follows, however, is anything but balanced.

“Incisive . . . An excellent storyteller, Miles leavens the grim material with moments of dark comedy and shepherds the plot to a series of poignant revelations… This one sneaks up on the reader.”– Publishers Weekly

Miles’ previous novels include Dear American Airlines and Want Not, both New York Times Notable Books, and the novel, Anatomy of a Miracle. His journalism, essays, and criticism have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, where he served as a columnist. In 2024 he toured as a multi-instrumentalist in the band of the Grammy-winning artist Jon Batiste.

A former Oxford resident during the 1990s and adopted “son” of late author Larry Brown, Miles is a columnist for Garden and Gun and serves as Writer-in-Residence at the Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Tommy Womack is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter whose latest album is Live a Little (Schoolkids Records) produced by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel.

“…all the rousing, irrepressible rhythm [with] vocals that are well-watered, rootsy & earthy.” – Americana Highways

A founding member of 1980s college radio staples Government Cheese, Womack’s book Cheese Chronicles (1995) is a cult classic memoir of road life in a band. In the early ‘90s he was a member of the Bis-Quits who recorded for John Prine’s Oh Boy! label. His side project with Will Kimbrough, Daddy, has made three albums.

A two-time winner of the Best Song award in the Nashville Scene year-end critics’ poll, he’s penned songs for Jimmy Buffett, Todd Snider, Jason & the Scorchers, David Olney, Dan Baird and others.

Wommack’s previous release include, There I Said It! and its follow-up, Now What!

In 2021 he released, I Thought I Was Fine which critic Robert Christau hailed: “never has this Nashville lifer made more of his knack for words and the tunes to put them across … so funny and humane that you can’t help rooting for him.”

Wommack lives in Nashville Tennessee.

Jemero Carter/Kingdomology is a contemporary gospel group that blends the sounds of traditional, trap, and contemporary gospel to reach across generational barriers.

The group’s mission is to “release the attributes of the Kingdom through our music and worship.”

Their latest album is The Glory Encounter.