Work Address:
Box 1510
UNC-Pembroke
Pembroke, NC 28372
(910) 521-6246--extension 6433
Professor of English and Editor of Pembroke Magazine
Home:
PO Box 1223
985 Sanders Road
Benson, NC 27504
(919) 934-4713
shelbystephenson@mindspring.com
Fax: 919-934-1078
Personal Data:
Born June 14, 1938, farm, Johnston County, NC
Married to Linda.
Two children, Jacob and Kate
Education:
1974: Ph.D. in English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Minor: Comparative Literature
Dissertation: "'You Smart Sheriffs And Such': The Function Of Local Peace Officers In William Faulkner's Light In August And Intruder In The Dust"
1967: M.A. in English, University of Pittsburgh
1960-1963: Studied Law, University of North Carolina Law School-Chapel Hill
1960: B.A. in English, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
1956: Diploma, Cleveland High School, Route One, Clayton, NC
Employment and Background:
1978-current: Professor of English, UNC-Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
Main courses: Literature, particularly American; Post-modern Poetry; Creative Writing; Composition
1979-current: Pembroke Magazine, Editor
1998: Visiting Professor, English, N. C. State University, summer session
1991-1995: Contributing Editor of Sandhills Review
1995: Visiting Professor of Post-Modern Poetry, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, spring semester
1995: Visiting Professor of Post-Modern Poetry, St. Andrews at Sandhills Community College, fall
1974-1978: Chairman, English Department, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC
1963-1965: Right-of-Way Agent, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, White Plains, New York
Books of Poems:
2001: Fiddledeedee (accepted for publication and forthcoming, The Bunny & Crocodile Press: Washington, D. C.)
1999: Carolina Spring: An Anthology of North Carolina Poets, Edited with Introduction by Shelby Stephenson, (Fit to Print: privately printed)
1998: Poor People (Nightshade Press: Troy, Maine)
1993: Plankhouse, with photographs by Roger Manley (North Carolina Wesleyan College Press: Rocky Mount, NC)
1990: Finch's Mash (St. Andrews Press: Laurinburg, NC)
1990: The Persimmon Tree Carol (Nightshade Press: Troy, Maine); accepted for reprint, 2002, by Juniper Press, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
1985: Carolina Shout! (Playwright's Fund of North Carolina [North Carolina Writer's Network]: Greenville, NC)
1979: Middle Creek Poems (Blue Coot Press [adjunct to St. Andrews Press]: Laurinburg, NC)
Poems in Anthologies:
1999: Word & Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry, Edited by Sally Buckner, (Carolina Academic Press: Durham, NC)
1997: Christmas Stories by North Carolina Writers and Twelve Poems, Too, Edited by Ruth Moose, (Down Home Press: Asheboro, NC)
1993: Leaves of Greens: The Collard Poems, Edited by Alex Albright & Luke Whisnant (Ayden Collard Festival, Inc.: Ayden, NC)
1993: A Gathering at the Forks: Fifteen Years of the Hindman Settlement School: Appalachian Writers Workshop, Edited by Jim Wayne Miller, George Ella Lyon, & Gurney Norman, (Vision Books: Wise, VA)
1992: Here's to the Land: A Celebration of 60 Years by the N. C. Poetry Society, Edited by Judith Holmes Settle, (The North Carolina Poetry Society: Southern Pines, NC)
1991: Our Words, Our Ways: Reading and Writing in North Carolina, Edited by Sally Buckner,
(Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC)
1989: I Have Walked: Stories & Poems About Poverty, Edited by Ruth Moose, (North Carolina Poverty Project: Greensboro, NC)
1988: Sometime the Cow Kick Your Head: Light Year '88/9, Edited by Robert Wallace (Bits Press, Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, Ohio)
1987: Weymouth: An Anthology of Poetry, Edited by Sam Ragan (St. Andrews Press, Laurinburg, NC)
1986: New Virginia Review: An Anthology of Literary Work By and Important to Virginians, Edited by Dave Smith, (New Virginia Review, Inc.: Richmond, VA, 1986)
1986: Cardinal: A Contemporary Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by North Carolina Writers, Edited by Richard Krawiec, (Jacar Press, Wendell, NC)
1986: North Carolina's 400 Years: Signs Along the Way, Edited by Ronald H. Bayes, Introduction by A. R. Ammons, (Acorn Press: Durham, NC)
1983: New North Carolina Poetry: The Eighties, Edited by Stephen E. Smith, Foreword by Fred Chappell, (Green River Press, Saginaw Valley State College: University Center, Michigan)
1977: Contemporary Poetry of North Carolina, Edited by Guy Owen & Mary C. Williams, (John F. Blair, Publisher: Winston-Salem, NC)
1977: Barbeque Planet: Sampler: Contemporary Poets of the New South, Edited by Bob Millard, (Project House Foundation, Inc.: Nashville, Tennessee)
Plus many other anthologies.
Poems In Magazines and Journals:
The Hudson Review, Commonweal, The Ohio Review, Poetry Northwest, Poetry Now, Southern Poetry Review, Tar River Poetry, Bits, Outerbridge, Yarrow, Turnstile, Texas Review, Poet & Critic, Colorado Quarterly, Willow Springs, Solo 2, Bachy, The Manhattan Review, Carolina Quarterly, and many others
Criticism In Journals and Books:
The Thomas Wolfe Review, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, North Carolina Historical Review, American Literary Magazines: The Twentieth Century, North Carolina Literary Review, St. Andrews Review, Greensboro Review, and many others, plus frequent review-essays of poetry, fiction, non-fiction in The Pilot (Southern Pines), and in many other journals and newspapers
Music:
1977: Tribute to Hank Williams (with Linda Stephenson), CD & Cassette, Offbeat Studios, Roseland, NC
Selected Writing Workshops and Poetry Readings:
Davidson, Clemson, Furman, Oglethorpe, UNC-Chapel Hill, N. C. State University, St. Andrews College, Duke University, Louisburg College, John C. Campbell Folk School, Eastern Kentucky University, Emory & Henry College, Blue Ridge (Georgia) Arts Association, and many other colleges and universities, plus numerous high schools, elementary and middle schools, and civic clubs
Honors and Awards:
2000: R. Hunt Parker Memorial Award, presented by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Literary & Historical Association for "significant lifetime contributions to the literary heritage of North Carolina"
1996: Shelby Stephenson Day, sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council and the N. C. Writers Symposium at UNC-Pembroke
1995: 1995 The Adolph Dial Faculty Award For Scholarly/Creative Work, presented by UNC-Pembroke, May Commencement
1994: Louis Round Wilson Fellow, Presented by UNC-Chapel Hill and the Friends Of The Library
1994: Award-Winning Poems (NC Poetry Society) Dedication
1991: North Carolina Poetry Society, Honorary Lifetime Member
1989: The Sam Ragan Award, presented for contributions to the arts by St. Andrews Presbyterian College
1985: Statewide Poetry Chapbook Competition Prizewinner for Carolina Shout! Sponsored by the Playwright's Fund of North Carolina (now sponsored by NC Writers' Network)
1980: Zoe Kincaid Brockman Memorial Award, co-winner, for Middle Creek Poems, Charles Edward Eaton, judge
Memberships and Selected Professional Activity:
2000-2001: Member Mount Olive College Press Editorial Committee
1995-1996: North Carolina Arts Council: Guest Panelist: Literature Section--1995, 1996.
1994-1995: President, North Carolina Writers' Network
1994-1995: President, Board of Trustees, Friends of Weymouth (former James Boyd Home, now a Cultural Arts Center, Southern Pines, NC)
1994-1995: Chairman of Grants Committee for New Plays, Paul Green Foundation
1992-1993: NC Poetry Society, first vice-president
1992-1994: North Carolina Writers Network, Board of Directors
1991: Member, Ruth Pauley Lecture Series Committee
1990-current: Member, Publications Committee of The Paul Green Foundation
1989-current: Member, Board of Trustees of The Paul Green Foundation, Inc.
1989-1990: Member of Board of Advisors, NC-VA College English Association
1988-1989: President, North Carolina-Virginia College English Association
1988-1993: North Carolina Folklore Society, 3rd Vice-President
1987-1988: Vice-president, North Carolina-Virginia College English Association
1987-1996: Member, Board of Directors of Friends of Weymouth
1987-1994: Chairman of Weymouth Lecture Series
1982: President, N. C. Literary & Historical Association
1982: North Carolina Literary and Historical Association Endowment Trust Member
1979: President, N. C. Writer's Conference
1978-1996: Member, Committee for the Writers-in-Residence Program of Weymouth Center
Weymouth, Paul Green Foundation, N. C. Literary & Historical Association, Cherry Hill Historical Foundation,
Inc., Academy of American Poets, Associated Writing Programs, Poets & Writers, Poetry Society of America, South
Atlantic MLA, American Lit Section MLA, N. C. Poetry Society (Honorary Lifetime Member), Thomas Wolfe Society,
WIP (Works In Progress), St. Andrews Society of North Carolina, Louis Round Wilson Fellows, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel
Hill Alumni Association, University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association, Wisconsin Alumni Association
Listings and Biographies:
Poets & Writers, Literary North Carolina, edited Richard Walser (1986), Broadfoot ( Wendell, NC)