Bruce A. Craft is an Instructor of English at Southeastern Louisiana University and a PhD student in English at Old Dominion University. His research interests are Southern literature and culture, Grit Lit, 20th/21st century American literature, digital humanities, ethnography, and the intersection between literature and philosophy. He holds a BA in English and History from Tulane University, an MA in English (Folklife/Southern Culture) from Northwestern State University, and a JD from Louisiana State University. His PhD concentrations at ODU are Literary and Cultural Studies and New Media/Technology. Bruce is also an avid fisherman, kayaker, and backyard chicken farmer.