Fred Chappell

Fred Davis Chappell (b. May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet who teaches at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was born in Canton, North Carolina and was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002. He attended Duke University.

His 1986 novel Dagon, which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Academie Française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.

[edit] Bibliography (partial)

Awakening to Music, Briarpatch Press, 1979.
Backsass, LSU Press, 2004.
Bloodfire: A Poem, LSU Press, 1978.
Brighten the Corner Where You Are, St. Martin's, 1989.
Castle Tzingal, LSU Press, 1984.
Dagon, Harcourt, 1968, reprinted, St. Martin's, 1986.
Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle, Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
Earthsleep: A Poem, LSU Press, 1980.
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You.
First and Last Words, LSU Press, 1989.
The Fred Chappell Reader, St. Martin's, 1987.
The Gaudy Place, Harcourt, 1973.
I Am One of You Forever, LSU Press, 1985.
The Inkling, Harcourt, 1965.
It Is Time, Lord, Atheneum, 1963.
Look Back All the Green Valley, 1996.
The Man Twice Married by Fire, Unicorn Press, 1975.
Midquest: A Poem (contains "River: A Poem", "Bloodfire: A Poem", "Windmountain: A Poem", and "Earthsleep: A Poem"), LSU Press, 1981.
Moments of Light, New South Co., 1980.
More Shapes Than One, 1991.
River: A Poem, LSU Press, 1975.
Source, LSU Press, 1986.
Wind Mountain: A Poem, LSU Press, 1979.
The World Between the Eyes, LSU Press, 1971.