Ralph B. Chumbley

Ralph B. Chumbley is a retired college administrator who graduated with bachelor and master degrees from the University of Florida, and a doctorate from Florida State University. Ralph’s first published work of fiction was "A Christmas Carol – A Retelling in the Oral Tradition." "Under the Northern Cross – A Story in the Micronesian Oral Tradition" was his second. Ralph also enjoys writing poetry and has published two volumes of his own work: "Ancient Dreams – Inner Experiences of Manhood" in 2014 and "Side Streets" in 2018. He has had several individual poems published in literary magazines: "The ManKind Project’s Journal"; "Memphis’ Writers on the River"; and Southwest Tennessee Community College’s "Hieroglyph." And several of his poems and short stories have been published in "Montage10", an anthology of creative writing. He writes and lives with his wife and extended family in Franklin, Tennessee.