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On March 21, Poet Laureate of North Carolina, Joseph Bathanti, spoke at Rockingham Community College. Bathanti read selections from his outstanding volume of work.
A prolific writer, Bathanti is the author of seven published books of poetry, two novels, a book of nonfiction, a collection of short stories and a collection of personal essays. His various works have been received or been nominated for various awards including The National Book Award, Novello Literary Award, and Award for Creative Nonfiction.
For his entire body of work, Bethanti has been awarded the Samuel Talmadge Ragan Award for outstanding contributions to the Fine Arts of North Carolina over an extended period, Ernest A. Lynton Faculty Award for Professional Service and Academic Outreach, Ragan-Rubin Award for Literary Achievement, Aniello Lauri Award for Creative Writing, and more.
Bathanti received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English Literature from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. A Pennsylvania native, he first came to North Carolina in 1976 as a VISTA volunteer where he worked with prison inmates.
Today Bathanti is Professor of Creative Writing at Appalachian State University in Boone where he is also Writer-in-Residence for the university's Watauga Global Community and Director of Writing in the Field.