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Bland Simpson is an American author, professor, and musician from North Carolina. He grew up in the northeastern area of North Carolina in Elizabeth City[1] and spend much of his time around the Albemarle Sound.[2]
Career
Writing
He has written six books, two of which also feature photography by his wife, conservationist Ann Cary Simpson (Into the Sound Country and Inner Islands). Simpson has become an authority on Eastern North Carolina's mysteries, geography and culture. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as been teaching since 1982.[3]
Music
Bland is also the long-time pianist for The Red Clay Ramblers, the Tony Award-winning string band.[3][1] He also has written music and lyrics for, as well as performed in, a number of plays which have been performed Off-Broadway, at Ford's Theater in Washington, and other prominent venues; some of the play titles are Diamond Studs, Kudzu, and King Mackerel And The Blues Are Running.[1]
Bibliography
- Heart of the Country, A Novel of Southern Music
- The Great Dismal, A Carolinian’s Swamp Memoir
- The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey, A Nonfiction Novel
- Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian’s Coastal Plain
- Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals, The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering, A Nonfiction Novel
- The Inner Islands, A Carolinian's Sound Country Chronicle
- The Coasts of Carolina, Seaside to Sound Country
References
- ^ a b c "'The Great Dismal' Book Coming", Mount Airy News, February 25, 1990, p. 7C, retrieved 2011-07-11
- ^ Earnhardt, Tom (2013-04-22). Crossroads of the Natural World: Exploring North Carolina with Tom Earnhardt. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469607009.
- ^ a b "Bland Simpson", University of North Carolina, retrieved 2011-07-11
External links
- Simpson's website
- Bland Simpson at the University of North Carolina