Literature & Art
- Allen Appel, novelist
- John Peale Bishop, poet and man of letters
- Pearl S. Buck, writer and Nobel prize winner
- Bob Carroll, historian, author
- Stephen Coonts, novelist
- Che Elias, author and poet
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author, educator, and scholar
- Denise Giardina, author
- Linda Goodman, poet, novelist, best-selling astrology writer
- Davis Grubb, novelist
- Homer Hickam, writer
- John Knowles, novelist
- Brooke McEldowney, cartoonist, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane comic strip.
- Ehrman Syme Nadal, author
- Breece D'J Pancake, acclaimed short fiction writer, author of Trilobites
- Roger Price, author, cartoonist, and humorist. Creator of Mad Libs and Droodles.
- Jedediah Purdy, author and professor
- Mary Lee Settle, author
- Beau Smith, comic book writer
- Jean Edward Smith, biographer
- David Hunter Strother (aka Porte Crayon), artist
- Timothy Truman, writer, artist, and musician
- Jeannette Walls, author and columnist
- Booker T. Washington, political leader, educator, and author
- Kevin E Lake,author and Iraq war veteran
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