Record #:

21131

Author(s):

Vickers, Jim

Abstract:

In May 1931, a small magazine called Contempo was first published in Chapel Hill. Contempo, published until February 1934, and focused on the contemporary world of literature. It published eight Nobel Prize winners along with numerous American and European literary icons. The magazine is well remembered for its young founder Milton Avant Abernethy and his literary encounters with writer William Faulkner.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 1, 1992, p17-29

Subject(s):

Abernethy, Milton A. (Ab), 1911-1991; Contempo (Magazine); Faulkner, William Cuthbert, 1897-1962; North Carolina--Magazines