ELA Webinar “ Spotlight on Poetry ” March 9, 2016 Featuring: Shelby Stephenson N.C. Poet Laureate

Meet Shelby……. Born: June 14, 1938, in Johnston County near the town of Benson. Family: Married Linda Letchworth Wilson in 1966; they have two grown children, daughter Kate Whittington and son Jacob; and five grandchildren. Education: B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill, 1960; M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1967; Ph.D, University of Wisconsin, Career: English department chair at Campbell College, ; English professor at UNC-Pembroke and editor of Pembroke magazine, 1978 until his retirement in Benson, NC

Awards: Bellday Poetry Prize 2001 N.C. Award for Literature N.C. Poetry Society Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet, 2014 induction into N.C. Literary Hall of Fame

2015 installation as N.C. poet laureate

Some of his published works: “Plankhouse” (1993) Greatest Hits (2002) “Possum” (2004) “Finch’s Mask” (1990) “The Persimmon Tree Carol” (2002) 4 albums of music Read more here: culture/article html#storylink=cpy

Questions for Shelby

Contact Information Julie Joslin, Ed.D. Section Chief English Language Arts Anna Lea Frost, M.Ed. 6-8 English Language Arts Consultant Lisa McIntosh, MSA K-5 English Language Arts Consultant Angie Stephenson, M.Ed English Language Arts Consultant Kristi Day, M.Ed. K-5 English Language Arts Consultant