Jean Candlish Kelchner speaks with a Southern voice. Even though she moved from the South more years ago than she cares to remember, she claims it doesn't let go. "I like the way my heart races when I fly into Memphis, cross the bridge over the Mighty Mississippi where halfway-in Tennessee turns into Arkansas, my home state. Small towns in Arkansas tend to shrink with time more than to grow, and mine, Augusta, is no exception. Only the river that runs through¾White River, a tributary of the Mississippi and just as muddy, remains undaunted by time or its role in the Clinton Administration." The author has taught English and Humanities at Kean University of New Jersey where she published a critical discussion of Simone de Beauvoir's essay "The Ethics of Ambiguity." She is a member of the American Association of University Women and the International Guild of Women Writers.