Record #:

1582

Author(s):

Eubanks, Georgann

Abstract:

The author gives insight into Doris Betts by comparing her to Flannery O'Connor, and critiques Betts' latest novel, \"Souls Raised from the Dead.\"

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 18, May 1994, p11, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Betts, Doris, 1932-2012; Novelists; Women authors

Record #:

35849

Author(s):

Owen, Guy

Abstract:

Of classic authors NC could claim as its own, only O. Henry and Thomas Wolfe the author offered. As for current ones, Owen offered a much longer list of native sons and daughters, many still residing in the Tar Heel State. Among them were Ann Tyler, Fred Chappell, and Doris Betts.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 8 Issue 3, Apr 1980, p9, 52

Subject(s):

Henry, O. (William Sydney Porter), 1862-1910; Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938; Betts, Doris, 1932-2012; Chappell, Fred, 1936-; Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011; Writers, North Carolina; Authors, North Carolina

Record #:

1060

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Doris Betts, whose latest novel, \"Souls Raised from the Dead,\" is set in Orange and Chatham Counties, discusses her job as a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and her fiction writing.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Apr 1993, p6-7, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fiction--Technique; Fiction--Authorship; Betts, Doris, 1932-2012