Published on Nov 5, 2012
A
literature and drama teacher turned storyteller, Gary Neil Carden is an
award winning playwright whose tales are informed by mountain life in
North Carolina. Growing up with his grandparents in Jackson County, he
heard stories at family reunions, funerals and weddings. Instructive,
frightening, funny, or downright peculiar, these stories fueled several
collections, including "Mason Jars in a Flood," that received the
Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year prize. The tales also
provided inspiration for the PBS documentary "Mountain Talk." His play,
"The Prince of Dark Corners," is based on a real life outlaw and now is
a PBS film. He has been honored by the North Carolina Folklore Society
and presented an honorary doctorate by Western Carolina University.
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