Jill McCorkle papers, 1979-1991 [manuscript].

Bell, Madison Smart, 1957-

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Madison Smartt Bell (Princeton Class of 1979) is a native of Nashville, Tenn. His parents were friends with such writers of the Agrarian Group as Allen Tate, John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, and Madison Jones, leading Bell to specialize in the Agrarians while at Princeton University. He received his M.A. (1981) from Hollins College, Va., and later, after living and working in New York City, Bell consciously moved away from the southern influences in his writings. He then settled in Baltimo...

McCorkle, Jill, 1958-....

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Jill McCorkle writes novels and short stories. A native of Lumberton, N.C., she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1980 with a degree in creative writing. She received an M.A. in creative writing from Hollins College in 1981. Her first two novels, The Cheerleader and July 7th, were published simultaneously by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in 1984. Other published works of fiction include her novels Tending to Virginia (1987), Ferris Beach (1990), and Carolin...

Ravenel, Shannon

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm)

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Inc., is a publishing house incorporated in 1982 by University of North Carolina English professor Louis Rubin, Jr., and Shannon Ravenel, a St. Louis fiction editor who had been one of Rubin's creative writing students. The new company's purpose has been to publish non-fiction and literary fiction of unpublished young writers. By 1993, Algonquin had published 178 books. In 1989, Algonquin was acquired by the Workman Publishing Company of New York City. Algonquin r...