Sue Ellen Bridgers

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections Sue Ellen Bridgers (b. 1942) Southern Appalachian Writers Collection M2005.05.01-08

Title	Sue Ellen Bridgers
Creator	Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator	D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/bridgers_sue_ellen/bridgers_sue_ellen.htm
Subject Keyword	Sue Ellen Bridgers ; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Appalachia ;
Subject LCSH	Bridgers, Sue Ellen, 1942 - American literature -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History and criticism American literature -- Appalachian Mountains -- History and criticism Appalachians (People) in literature Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel
Description	The collection contains letters of correspondence, ephemera, a photograph, book jackets, and anecdotal information on the writer. These materials were gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor	Annette Hatley
Date	2005-08-23
Type	Collection ; text ; photograph ;
Format	1 folder ; text ; image
Source	M2005.05.1-8
Language	English
Relation	Women in Western North Carolina, Southern Appalachian Writers in "A Sense of Place, "The Heritage of Western North Carolina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Coverage	1900's - present ;
Rights	Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.
Donor	240
Acquisition	2004-03-
Citation	Sue Ellen Bridgers in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by	Special Collections staff, 2008
Last update	2008-07-22
Statement on Writing	"My writing seems to find its expression in nostalgia. My personal childhood experiences and the setting of a small Southern town combine with a sense of the inevitable loss of that way of life. I feed very close to m roots when I'm working, as if the writing itself, although not autobiographical, is taking me back in time and is revealing some of the complexities of what seems to be me back in time and is revealing some of the complexities of what seems to be a simple agrarian way of life. What writer must remember is how a particular moment felt. In that way, we rely on our pasts and on our sense of touch, sight, sound, taste. By recalling what moments felt like, we can use these feelings again and again to conjure up what a character feels, even when the catalyst for the character's response isn't like the experience we had ourselves."
Biography	http://www.sueellenbridgers.com/bio.htm
Bibliography	*BOOKS BY*
1976	Home Before Dark. New York: Knopf, 1976.
1979	All Together Now. New York: Knopf, 1979.
1981	Notes for Another Life. New York: Knopf, 1981.
1985	Sara Will. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
1987	Permanent Connections. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
1993	Keeping Christina. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
1996	All We Know of Heaven. Wilmington, NC: Banks Channel Books, 1996.
	*BOOKS ABOUT*
1990	Presenting Sue Ellen Bridgers. Hipple, Theodore W. Boston: Twayne, 1990.