May 14, 2009
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Virginia authors are a well-spring of creativity. The state’s literature ranges in style and scope, but maintains a clear genius and wisdom throughout.
Ellen Glasgow
| … her most well-known works, The Voice of the People— this was the first in a series of novels depicting the social and political history of Virginia since 1850 … |
William Faulkner
| … there. Throughout his life, Faulkner would divide his time between Charlottesville, Virginia, New York, and Oxford. Charlottesville … |
Peter Taylor
| … he taught writing at a variety of colleges and universities including Kenyon College, Ohio State University, Harvard, and the University of Virginia, where he … |
Tom Wolfe
| Born in 1931 in Richmond Virginia, Tom Wolfe had dreams of playing baseball professionally. While he came closer than most with … |
Eudora Welty
| Born April 13, 1909, Eudora Welty was a life-long resident of Jackson, Mississippi, and daughter of parents from the North, (Ohio, and West Virginia). … |
Shelby Foote
| … A three-time Guggenheim Fellow, Foote has served as a lecturer at the University of Virginia and Memphis State. Shelby … |
Willaim Styron
… was born in June of 1925 in Newport News, Virginia. …
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Texas literature is as wide and varying as the state itself.
Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter was born in Indian Creek, Texas, in 1890. She grew up living in both Texas and Louisiana. …
Sue Monk Kidd
In 1970, she graduated from Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth with a major in nursing despite her desire to be a writer. …
Cynthia Shearer
…Shearer now resides in Houston Texas with her husband and daughter.
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Tennessee literature comes from some of the greatest early southern literary figures and is home to Vanderbilt University–perhaps the most influential university for southern literature’s development.
Home also to Pulitzer Prize winning author, Peter Taylor, who won the Pulitzer for Summons to Memphis. Professor John Crowe Ransom who taught young writes like Robert Penn Warren and Peter Taylor was born and raised in the great state of Tennessee, and Shelby Foote has called Memphis home for many years. (more…)
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South Carolina is home to great writers like Pat Conroy and Sue Monk Kidd, but it is also the founder of many of our southern traditions and styles. As the eighth state to join the union, South Carolina has a rich history of southern culture as well as a history of influencing the culture and pastimes of all of the United States.
Pat Conroy
… military bases around the South, Pat changed schools frequently, finally attending the Citadel Military Academy in Charleston, South Carolina, upon his father …
Sue Monk Kidd
… While in her thirties and living with her husband and children in South Carolina she began to pursue her life-long interest in writing. … (more…)
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North Carolina has its own rich literary tradition.
Interview with Steven Sherrill
| Steven Sherrill, born in Morresville, North Carolina, is Assistant Professor of English and Integrative Arts at Penn State Altoona. … |
Daniel Wallace
| … Wallace is the recipient of several humanities grants and awards including the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award as well as a NorthCarolina Arts Fellowship. … |
Peter Taylor
| … He served for five years. In 1943, while still in the military, before going to England, he married Eleanor Ross, a poet from North Carolina. … (more…) |
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One of the northernmost Southern states, Missouri offers a unique literary perspective — from Mark Twain, who proudly called himself a southern writer, to Linda Bloodworth Thomason a voice from the Ozarks.
Mark Twain
… Born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a rural town along the Mississippi when he was four years old. …
SLR Interviews Linda Bloodworth Thomason
… and her husband, Harry Thomason, formed their own production company in 1983 called Mozark Productions–named after their two home states, Missouri and Arkansas …
Maya Angelou
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Of the southern states, Mississippi has one of the richest literary traditions.
William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi. The first of four sons born to Murry and Maud …<
Walker Percy
Walker Alexander Percy, a writer who was raised in Greenville, Mississippi, was born on May 28, 1916, in Birmingham, Alabama. (more…)
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Though on the margins of the American South, Maryland has a role in its literary tradition.
Zora Neale Hurston
… Zora broke out on her own in 1917 by working as a waitress in Baltimore, Maryland and attending Morgan Academy, which she graduated from one year later. …
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver was born on April 8, 1955 in Annapolis, Maryland while her father was serving as a Naval doctor. …
Katherine Anne Porter
… In 1966, the novel was made into an Oscar winning film. Katherine Anne Porter died in Silver Spring, Maryland on September 18, 1980. …
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