Fred Chappell

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections Fred Chappell (b. 1936) Southern Appalachian Writers Collection M2005.05.01-08

Title	Fred Chappell
Creator	Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator	D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/chappell_fred/chappell_fred.htm
Subject Keyword	Fred Chappell ; Southern Appalachian Writers ;
Subject LCSH	Chappell, Fred, 1936 -
Description	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 ; images
Format
Source	M2005.05.1-8
Language	English
Relation
Coverage	1900's - present ; Asheville, NC ;
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	Fred Chappell in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by	Special Collections staff, 2005
Last update	2008-08-27
Statement on Writing	"I write in order to address, to redress where possible, and to offer and gain some respite from the cruelties and injustices of these times. These are not such large ambitions as one might think. Disaster is universal, as indifference to it is; and any effort, no matter how inconsequential, against disaster now stands as genuine."
Biography	Born in Canton, North Carolina in 1936, Fred Chappell studied at Duke University, earning both a BA and MA. For the forty years between 1964 and his retirement in 2004, Chappell taught literature and creative writing and UNC-Greensboro. In a literary career spanning those four decades, Chappell published numerous works of fiction, poetry, and criticism. He has been awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Prix de Meilleur des Lettres Etrangeres from the French Academy, and the T.S. Eliot Prize.
Bibliography	*BOOKS BY*
1963	It is Time, Lord. New York: Atheneum, 1963.
1965	The Inkling. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965.
1968	Dagon. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968.
1971	The World Between the Eyes. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1971.
1972	The Gaudy Place. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1972.
1975	River: A Poem. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1975.
1978	Bloodfire: A Poem. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1978.
1979	Wind Mountain: A Poem. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1979.
	Awakening to Music. Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, 1979.
1980	Earthsleep: A Poem. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1980.
	Moments of Light. Los Angeles: The New South Company, 1980.
1981	Midquest: A Poem. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1981. Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle. Emory, VA: Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
1984	Castle Tzingal: A Poem. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1984.
1985	I Am One of You Forever. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1985. Source: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1985.
1987	Selections: The Fred Chappell Reader. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987.
1989	Brighten the Corner Where You Are. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First and Last Words: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1989.
1991	More Shapes Than One. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
1993	C: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1993. Plow Naked: Selected Writings on Poetry. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1993.
1995	Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1995.
1996	Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You. New York: Picador, 1996
1998	A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry. New York: Picador, 1998.
1999	Look Back All the Green Valley. New York: Picador, 1999.
2000	Family Gathering. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2000. The Finish Line. Emory, VA: Emory & Henry College, 2000.
2004	Backass: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2004.

	*STORIES BY*
1975	"Duet"
1977	"Linnaeus Forgets"
1981	"Ladies from Lapland" "Miss Prue" "The Snow That is Nothing in the Triangle"
1984	"Barcarole" "Weird Tales"
1985	"After Revelation"
1988	"Alma"
1989	"The Adder"
1990	"Ember" "Free Hand"
1991	"The Better Boys" "Mankind Journeys Through Forests of Symbols" "The Somewhere Doors"
1993	"The Lodger"
1995	"The Flame"