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University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections
Robert Morgan
(b. 1944)
Southern Appalachian Writers Collection
M2005.05.04-08
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| Title |
Robert Morgan |
| Creator |
Southern Highlands Research
Center |
| Alt. Creator |
D. H. Ramsey Library |
| Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/morgan_robert/morgan_robert.htm |
| Subject Keyword |
Robert Morgan ; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Appalachia |
| Subject LCSH |
Morgan, Robert, 1944 -
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, an audio recording, 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 |
Matthew Farrell |
| Date |
2005-08-23 |
| Type |
Collection ; text ;
photograph ; audio recording |
| Format |
1 folder ; text ;
image |
| Source |
M2005.05.04-8 |
| Language |
English |
| Relation |
The
Heritage of Western North Carolina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of
North Carolina at Asheville |
| Coverage |
1900's - present ;
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 |
Robert Morgan 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 |
2008-09-03 |
| Statement on writing |
"In my poems I want
to discover and evoke both the landscape of experience and memory and
the landscape of language. The two seem to happen simultaneously
when the writing is working: the delight in word and world as enactments
of each other. Of course I like to tell stories in poems and
dramatize the minutest facts of nature, and I especially like to talk
about the way people work and make things, and humble details, pain, and
the lost things of childhood and the mountains. But it's the
terrain of American language I'm exploring and remembering also, I hope,
and hearing afresh even in the most plain and transparently direct
lyric." |
| Biography |
A native of
Hendersonville, North Carolina, Robert Morgan has been a major voice in
Western North Carolinian letters since the publication of his first
poetry collection in 1969 (Zirconia Poems). After
graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill with a B.A. and receiving his MFA from
UNC-Greensboro, Morgan has published extensively both poetry and prose.
Most of his work takes place in or around the Southern Appalachians.
His 1999 novel Gap Creek was picked for Oprah's Book Club.
His most recent book, a landmark biography of Daniel Boone, was 2008's
Together We Read selection. Morgan has been on the English
department faculty at Cornell University since 1971, though in addition
to his duties at Cornell, he has also lectured a number of other
institutions, including Louisiana State University, Wesleyan University,
Oxford University, Duke University, and throughout the UNC system. |
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Bibliography |
BOOKS BY |
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1969 |
Zirconia Poems.
Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press, 1969. |
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1971 |
The Voice in the
Crosshairs. Angelfish Press, 1971. |
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1972 |
Red Owl.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1972. |
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1976 |
Land Diving: New
Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1976. |
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1978 |
Trunk & Thicket.
Fort Collins, CO: L'Epervier Press, 1978. |
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1979 |
Groundwork.
Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1979. |
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1981 |
Bronze Age: Poems.
Emory, VA: Iron Mountain Press, 1981. |
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1987 |
At the Edge of the
Orchard County. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press,
1987. |
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1989 |
The Blue Valleys:
A Collection of Stories. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1989. |
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1990 |
Sigodlin: Poems.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1990. |
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1991 |
Green River: New
and Selected Poems. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press,
1991. |
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1992 |
The Mountains
Won't Remember Us and Other Stories. Atlanta: Peachtree
Publishers, 1992. |
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1993 |
Good Measure:
Essays, Interviews, and Notes on Poetry. Baton Rouge:
Louisiana State University Press, 1993 |
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1994 |
The Hinterlands: A
Mountain Tale in Three Parts. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin
Books, 1994. |
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1995 |
The Truest
Pleasure. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1995. Wild
Peavines. Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1995. |
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1999 |
Gap Creek: A Novel.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1999. The Balm of Gilead Tree:
New and Selected Stories. Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1999. |
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2000 |
Topsoil Road:
Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. |
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2001 |
This Rock: A Novel.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2001. |
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2003 |
Brave Enemies: A
Novel. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2003. |
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2004 |
The Strange
Attractor: New and Selected Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana
State University Press, 2004. |
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2007 |
Boone: A Biography.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2007. |
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ARTICLES AND
REVIEWS ABOUT |
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1981 |
"Robert Morgan's
Pelagian Georgics: Twelve Essays." Harmon, William.
Parnassus v. 9, (Fall/Winter, pp. 5-30. "Groundwork."
Miller, Jim Wayne. McGill Literary Annual, 1981, pp.
388-390. |
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1985 |
"A Conversation with
Robert Morgan." Booker, Suzanne. Carolina Quarterly
v. 38, #2 (Spring), pp. 13-22. |
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1988 |
"Recovering Pieces of
the Morgenland." Schultz, Robert. Virginia Quarterly
Review, v. 64, (Winter), pp. 176-188. |
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1989 |
"At the Edge of the
Orchard Country." Kooser, Ted. Prairie Schooner, v.
63, (Summer), pp. 126-129. Chapter in Looking for Native Ground:
Contemporary Appalachian Poetry. Quillen, Rita Sims.
Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1989, pp. 50-62. |
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1990 |
"Pieces of the
Morgenland: The Recent Achievements in Robert Morgan's Poetry."
Liotta, P.H. Southern Literary Journal, v. 23, (Spring),
pp. 1-9. |
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1992 |
"Coming Out From
Under Calvinism: Religious Motifs in Robert Morgan's Poetry."
Lang, John. Shenandoah, v. 42, (Fall). |
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