Susan Ketchin Papers, 1980-1994.

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Susan Ketchin Papers, 1980-1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38247423

The Susan Ketchin Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of her writings and the writings of others, reviews, publications, printed matter, teaching materials, and other papers relating principally to her work with the St. Andrews Review, Southern Exposure, the Algonquin Press, and the Duke Young Writers Camp. Some papers also concern free-lance work. One large group of materials was generated in the process of producing and writing The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction. These materials include research files, audio tapes of interviews with authors featured in the book (Doris Betts, Randall Kenan, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Sheila Bosworth, and others), and typescripts. Other authors represented in the papers but whose interview tapes are not present are Reynolds Price and Clyde Edgerton. A video featuring Lee Smith is also included. Access to the Roper, Benson, and August House papers in the collection is restricted.

4800 items (10.0 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7401365

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-

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Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011

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Smith, Lee, 1944-....

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Brown, Larry, 1951-2004

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Larry Brown was born in 1951 in Oxford, Miss. He briefly attended the University of Mississippi, but did not graduate. Brown served in the United States Marine Corps, 1970-1972, then worked as a firefighter for the Oxford Fire Department, 1973-1990. While a firefighter, Brown began to write fiction. His first book was Facing the Music (1988), a collection of short stories, and his first novel was Dirty Work (1989). Other novels include Big Bad Love (1990), Joe: A Novel (1991), Father and Son (19...

Ketchin, Susan

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Author, editor, and educator. From the description of Susan Ketchin Papers, 1980-1994. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247423 Susan Ketchin was an author, editor, and educator. From the guide to the Susan Ketchin Papers, 1980-1994, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...

Bosworth, Sheila

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