Past North Carolina Laureates

• North Carolina Poets Laureate Fact Sheet

By and About Samuel Talmadge Ragan

Samuel Talmadge Ragan was appointed by Governor James B.Hunt, Jr. in 1982 and served until his death in 1996. Mr. Ragan was selected from recommendations made by a committee directed by the North Carolina Arts Council, Department of Cultural Resources. The committee members were Richard Walser (Raleigh), chair; Heather Ross Miller (Badin); Robert Waters Grey (Charlotte); Shelby Stephenson (Southern Pines); Emily Herring Wilson (Winston-Salem).

By and About Fred Chappell

Fred Davis Chappell was appointed to a five-year term by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. in December, 1997. Mr. Chappell was recommended by a committee directed by the North Carolina Arts Council, Department of Cultural Resources. The committee members were Edwin Wilson (Winston-Salem), chair; Richard Chess (Asheville); Jaki Shelton Green (Mebane); Michael McFee (Chapel Hill); Marsha Warren (Carrboro).

• Click here for Mr. Chappell's CV
• Online Resources on Fred Chappell
• Wind-Voices: Kathryn Stripling Byer's Poetry, by Fred Chappell

Audio

• Fred Chappell reads at the 2003 National Book Festival
  sponsored by the Library of Congress and Laura Bush