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Betty Adcock

Betty Adcock

American poet

Elizabeth "Betty" Sharp Adcock (born September 16, 1938)[1] is an American poet and a 2002–2003 Guggenheim Fellow. Author of six poetry collections, she has served as a faculty member in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers in Asheville, North Carolina and in the Writer-in-Residence program at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has also held residencies at Lenoir-Rhyne College, Kalamazoo College, and Duke University, and has twice served as Visiting Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University.[2]

Life

The daughter of a landowner and a schoolteacher, Adcock grew up in San Augustine, Texas, a small farming community. The landscape of the area, a mix of West and Deep South, influenced her work. She moved to North Carolina after her marriage to Donald Adcock, who died in 2011. The two have a daughter, Sylvia.

Adcock is primarily self-taught. She has no degrees,[3] though she attended Texas Tech University, Goddard College, and North Carolina State University.[4] She studied and wrote poetry for more than ten years while working in the business world. After her first book was published, she was awarded a teaching residency at Duke University. Other teaching positions followed, most notably her ongoing position as Writer in Residence at Meredith College, which she held until 2006.[3]

Poetry collections

Adcock's poetry collections include the following:[5][6]

Awards

Adcock's awards include the following:[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Literary Map of North Carolina: Elizabeth Sharp Adcock
  2. [2]
    "Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers". Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
  3. [3]
    "BettyAdcock.com Bio". Retrieved April 26, 2009.
  4. [4]
    "NC Award Profile". Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  5. [5]
    "LSU Press Authors". Retrieved April 26, 2009.
  6. [6]
    "BettyAdcock.com Books". Archived from the original on August 29, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
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