Nc famous poets biography
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From long-acclaimed literary figures to rising stars in the field, here are 10 North Carolina poets who offer new perspectives on our world and everyday life.
by Sarah Goddin and Mamie Potter
The old adage “poetry is all around us” reigns particularly true in North Carolina. From the acclaimed poet laureates of the state to young, rising scribes, these North Carolina poets offer a unique lens to view the world around us through their gorgeous, soulful words — and remind us of ways to find beauty in the everyday.
Betty Adcock
Betty Adcock inspired many young women at Meredith College during her time as a professor there. She has received two Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the NC Medal for Literature and many more awards and accolades. We were very moved by her collection, Widow Poems, published after the death of her husband, Don.
Tyree Daye
Tyree Daye is a graduate of the MFA program at NCSU and is presently a teaching assistant at UNC-CH. He is a Cave Canem Fellow and was awarded a Whiting Writers Award. His poem, No Ghost Abandoned, evokes images of family gatherings haunted by those who are missing and will give you a glimpse into his atmospheric poetry and his southern soul.
Jaki Shelton Green
North Carolina Poet Laureate J
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Ten North Carolina poets, from the Coast to the Mountains
Our first two posts featured novels that are already considered classics or are destined to become classics. Today we are featuring poets from across the state whose award-winning work showcases the depth and range of North Carolina’s poetry community.
Ornament by Anna Lena Phillips Bell
Anna Lena Phillips Bell teaches at UNC-Wilmington and is the editor of their journal, Ecotone, and their press, Lookout Books. Her first book of poetry, Ornament, won the 2017 Vassar Miller Prize from the University of North Texas Press. In this debut collection, she explores the foothills of the Eastern U.S. and the old-time Appalachian tunes and Piedmont blues she was raised to love. With formal dexterity—in ballads and sonnets, Sapphics and amphibrachs—the poems in Ornament traverse the permeable boundary between the body and the natural world.
River Hymns by Tyree Daye
Tyree Daye is from Youngsville, North Carolina and is the author of two poetry collections--River Hymns, the 2017 APR/Honickman First Book Prize winner, and Cardinal, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in 2020. River Hymns invites the reader into the complex lineage of the values, contradictions, and secrets of a southern family. These poems refle
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