Background
Betts, Doris June Waugh was born on June 4, 1932 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Elmore and Mary Ellen (Freeze) Waugh.
(All but one of these seven stories and one novella take p...)
All but one of these seven stories and one novella take place in small towns in North Carolina, and all of them concern ordinary people teetering upon the knowledge of their own insignificance. First published in 1965, this second collection of short fiction by Doris Betts evinces her breathtaking mastery of the genre.
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(The author of Heading West and Beast of the Southern Wild...)
The author of Heading West and Beast of the Southern Wild and Other Stories returns with a poignant, powerful novel of a small town in the tradition of Faulkner, O'Connor, and Welty. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. Tour.
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(Bebe Sellar and her husband Jack are managing several cot...)
Bebe Sellar and her husband Jack are managing several cottages in Pickle Beach, North Carolina, when they meet Mickey McCane, an aggressive and tormented man, and together they all try to deal with the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the hot summer of 1968. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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(The author of "Souls Raised from the Dead" offers a gripp...)
The author of "Souls Raised from the Dead" offers a gripping novel that combines the suspense of a thriller with the exhilarating story of a woman's bumpy journey toward liberation. A small-town librarian with big dreams is resigned to a dull vacation with her sister and brother-in-law--until a thief accosts the group and kidnaps her.
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(The stories in this extraordinary first collection are co...)
The stories in this extraordinary first collection are concerned with some of the most private and complicated issues: living and dying, growing old, questioning one's beliefs, and recognizing one's own failings. Whether it is an old man struggling to come to terms with an incident in his past or a meddling spinster who is forced to recognize the subtle dance of resentment, in each of these stories a "gentle insurrection" occurs that changes lives forever.
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(In the High Sierras, a man, a woman, and a boy, each in p...)
In the High Sierras, a man, a woman, and a boy, each in psychological or physical danger, come together in a dramatic, satisfying way. At the center is Luna Stone, a young woman on the way to California who dumps her self-absorbed boyfriend in Reno and hides out in the mountains near Donner Lake. While camping, she has two visitors, the ghost of Tamsen Donner and a very live runaway boy, escaped from a child porn ring. This is Doris Betts at the top of her form.
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(Back in print at last, the nine beautifully crafted tales...)
Back in print at last, the nine beautifully crafted tales in Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories display Doris Betts at the top of her form: compassionate, witty, and unforgettable. "The Ugliest Pilgrim" takes you into the adventures and into the heart of a disfigured young woman who has run away from her life in search of a better one. This award-winning story is the basis for the musical Violet, which won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. In "Hitchhiker," a wary secretary hitches a ride in a boat with a man hell-bent on saving fish; instead he saves her from the river -- and herself. And in the title story, Betts brilliantly captures the inner life of a teacher and writer struggling to control her classroom, her household, and her life.
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Betts, Doris June Waugh was born on June 4, 1932 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Elmore and Mary Ellen (Freeze) Waugh.
Student, Woman's College, University North Carolina, 1953. Student, University North Carolina, 1954. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Greensboro College, 1987.
Doctor of Letters, University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1990. Doctor of Letters, Queens College, 1995. Doctor of Humane Letters, Erskine College, 1994.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Pembroke University, 1995.
Newspaperwoman, Statesville Daily Record, 1950-1951;
newspaperwoman, Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Weekly and News-Leader, 1953-1954;
editorial staff, Sanford Daily Herald, 1956-1957;
editorial staff, North Carolina Democrat, 1961-1962;
editor, Sanford (North Carolina) News Leader, 1962;
lecturer creative writing English Department, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966-1974;
director freshman-sophomore English, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1976;
associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974-1978;
director Fellows program, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1975-1976;
professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1978;
assistant dean Honors program, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1979-1981;
chairman faculty, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1982-1985;
Alumni Distinguished professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1983;
chair faculty, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1980-1983. Visiting lecturer creative writing Duke U., 1971. Staff Indiana U. Summer Writers Conference, 1972, 73.
Member board Association Writing Programs, literature panel National Endowment for Arts, 1979-1981, chairman, 1981.
(Bebe Sellar and her husband Jack are managing several cot...)
(The stories in this extraordinary first collection are co...)
(All but one of these seven stories and one novella take p...)
(Back in print at last, the nine beautifully crafted tales...)
(The author of Heading West and Beast of the Southern Wild...)
(The author of "Souls Raised from the Dead" offers a gripp...)
(A young woman fleeing from her fiance, a runaway child in...)
(In the High Sierras, a man, a woman, and a boy, each in p...)
(hardcover and dust jacket, by Doris Betts, First Edition,...)
(He dared to return to the South he betrayed. To the house...)
Member North Carolina Tercentenary Commission, 1961-1962, Sanford City School Board, 1965-1971. Literature committee National Education Association, 1979-1982, chair, 1982. Member central committee Morehead Foundation, 1978-1993, chair 1992-1993.
Board of trustees National Humanities Center, 1993-1996, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1993-1997. Member North Carolina Writers Association.
Married Lowry Matthews Betts, July 5, 1952. Children: Doris LewEllyn, David Lowry, Erskine Moore World War II.