Kathryn Stripling Byer

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections Kathryn Stripling Byer Southern Appalachian Writers Collection M2005.05.01-04

Title	Kathryn Stripling Byer
Creator	Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator	D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/byer_kathryn/byer_kathryn.htm
Subject Keyword	Kathryn Stripling Byer ;
Subject LCSH	Byer, Kathryn Stripling, 1944 -
Description	Collection contains letters of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, book covers, and anecdotal information on the writer. In some instances, tapes of the author reading from their work is included. The collection was 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 ;
Format	1 folder ; text ;
Source	M2005.05.1-8
Language	English
Relation
Coverage	1900's - present ; Georgia ; North Carolina ;
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	Kathryn Stripling Byer 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	2008-07-23
Statement on Writing	N/A
Biography	Born in Camilla, Georgia in 1944, Kathryn Stripling Byer attended Wesleyan College before going on to earn her M.F.A. from UNC-Greensboro in 1968. She relocated to the North Carolina mountains around this time. Byer served as Poet-in-Residence at Western Carolina University throughout the bulk of the 1990s and published several books of poetry. Throughout her career, she has received wide acclaim and honors, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1988 and becoming, in 2005, the first female Poet Laureate of North Carolina.
Bibliography	*BOOKS BY*
1986	The Girl in the Midst of the Harvest. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech Press, 1986.
1992	Wildwood Flower. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1992.
1998	Black Shawl. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1998.
2001	(ed. with Fred Chappell) Gatherings: A Collection of North Carolina Poetry. Sylva, NC: Spring Street Editions, 2001.
2002	Catching Light. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2002.
2003	Wake. Sylva, NC: Spring Street Editions, 2003.
2006	Coming to Rest. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2006.
2007	(ed. with Marilyn Kallet) The Movable Nest: A Mother/Daughter Companion. Kansas City, MO: Helicon Nine Editions, 2007.
	*IN ANTHOLOGIES*
1989	Vital Signs: Contemporary American Poetry from the University Presses. Ronald Wallace, ed. Madison, WI: University of Wisconson Press, 1989.
1994	The Language They Speak is Things to Eat: Poems by Fifteen Contemporary North Carolina Poets. Michael McFee, ed. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
1996	Sixty Years of American Poetry: Celebrating the Anniversary of the Academy of American Poets. Robert Penn Warren, ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1996.
1999	Word and Witness: One Hundred Years of North Carolina Poetry. Sally Buckner, ed. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1999.
2000	Georgia Voices: Poetry. Hugh Ruppersburg, ed. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2000.
2002	Her Words: Diverse Voices in Contemporary Appalachian Women's Poetry. Felicia Mitchell ed. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2002.
	*ARTICLES AND REVIEWS BY*
1998	"Deep Water," in Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women. Joyce Dyer, ed. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1998.