Fred Chappell
Fred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997–2002. He attended Duke University.
His 1968 novel Dagon, which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Académie française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.
His literary awards include the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Prize.Books
Poetry
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- Backsass, LSU Press, 2004.
- Bloodfire: A Poem, LSU Press, 1978.
- C, LSU Press, 1993.
- Castle Tzingal, LSU Press, 1984.
- Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle, Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
- Earthsleep: A Poem, LSU Press, 1980.
- Familiars, LSU Press, 2014.
- Family Gathering, LSU Press, 2000.
- First and Last Words, LSU Press, 1989.
- The Man Twice Married by Fire, Unicorn Press, 1975.
- Midquest: A Poem, LSU Press, 1981.
- River: A Poem, LSU Press, 1975.
- Shadow Box: Poems, :Louisiana State University Press, 2009
- Source, LSU Press, 1986.
- Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems, LSU Press, 1995.
- Wind Mountain: A Poem, LSU Press, 1979.
- The World Between the Eyes, LSU Press, 1971.
Fiction
- A Shadow All of Light, Tor Books, 2016
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- Dagon, Harcourt, 1968, reprinted, St. Martin's, 1986. Reissued, Boson Books, 2002
- The Gaudy Place
- The Inkling Reprinted LSU Press 1998.
- It Is Time, Lord Reprint LSU Press 1996.
- Moments of Light
- More Shapes Than One, 1991
The Kirkman Tetralogy:
- I Am One of You Forever, LSU Press, 1985
- Brighten the Corner Where You Are, St. Martin's, 1989
- Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You
- Look Back All the Green Valley
Other
- The Fred Chappell Reader, St. Martin's, 1987.
- Plow Naked: Selected Writings on Poetry, University of Michigan Press, 1993.
- A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry, Picador, 1998.
Short stories
- "The Adder" Deathrealm
- "Free Hand" Deathrealm
- "The Lodger"
- "The Somewhere Doors"
- Stories about Falco the Shadow Master's Apprentice.
- "Creeper Shadows" : 135–175
- "Dance of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 112/3 : 6–37 & Year's Best Fantasy 8,
- "The Diamond Shadow" Fantasy and Science Fiction 113/4&5 : 42–74
- "Shadow of the Valley" Fantasy and Science Fiction 116/2 : 5–40 &
- "Thief of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 118/5&6 : 50–75
- "Maze of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 122/5&6 : 69–135
Book reviews
