James Applewhite
Encyclopedia
James Applewhite is an American poet
, and Professor Emeritus in creative writing at Duke University
.
He graduated from Duke University
with a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.
His work appeared in Harper's.
His papers are held at Duke University.
He lives with his wife Janis in Durham, North Carolina
; they have two sons Jim and Jeff, and a daughter Lisa.
He won the 1998 Brockman-Campbell Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society.
He won the Jean Stein Award in Poetry, by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
In 2008, he was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and Professor Emeritus in creative writing at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
.
He graduated from Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
with a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.
His work appeared in Harper's.
His papers are held at Duke University.
He lives with his wife Janis in Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
; they have two sons Jim and Jeff, and a daughter Lisa.
Awards
He is a 1976 Guggenheim Fellow.He won the 1998 Brockman-Campbell Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society.
He won the Jean Stein Award in Poetry, by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
In 2008, he was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.
External links
- "James Applewhite, Hearing 'Southern Voices'", NPR, September 25, 2005