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During the course of the festival over 107 writers appeared on the program. On this site you'll see several of them. They enthralled their public and we've tried to convey the variety of talent that UNC-CH was fortunate enough to host.
Saturday

Rita Dove, as part of the George Moses Horton Conference and the Morgan Writers Program, read to a large audience in Memorial Hall on Saturday.

Allan Gurganus reading in Memorial Hall.

Ellen Douglas signs a book for a festival attendee.

Reynolds Price reads from his latest work, Roxanna Slade, in Memorial Hall.

Alice Adams read from her work at the festival.

Louis D. Rubin Jr. was introduced by student volunteer Leslie Kendrick in Hamilton Hall on Saturday.

Louis D. Rubin Jr. giving his speech.

Lee Smith spoke at one of the "Rubin Writer" panels. This one about learning and teaching the craft of writing.

"Rubin Writers" Sylvia Wilkinson, Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Margaret Gibson, Elizabeth Seydel Morgan, Annie Dillard and Katie Letcher Lyle read from their works on Saturday.

Actress Faye Dunaway talks with writer Margaret Gibson after the "Rubin Writer" panel reading.

Lawrence Naumoff talks with a festival attendee after his reading on Saturday. The festival gave many readers chance to meet a favorite author in person.

Native American writer MariJo Moore presented some of her poetry at the North Carolina Literary Festival.

Mystery writers Margaret Maron, John A. Miller and Joan Hess presented a lively panel discussion of their craft.

Carolina African American Writers' Collective Member Darrell Stover reads from his work.

John Bentley Mays talked about his latest book, Power in the Blood on Saturday April 4, 1998.
Sunday

Doris Betts opened the festival at noon on Sunday for her audience in Hamilton hall by reading from her novel in progress.

Doris Betts reads to a full house on Sunday.

John Egerton, Hal Crowther, Peter Applebome, John Shelton Reed, John Bentley Mays and Tony Horwitz presented a discussion on the South in Hamilton Hall.

Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott spoke to a large audience in Hamilton Hall on Sunday.

Western North Carolina poet Robert Morgan signs a book for fellow poet Grace Consacro.

Poet Michael McFee signs a book for a festival attendee on Sunday. McFee also teaches poetry at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Marianne Gingher, Director of Creative Writing at UNC-CH, read from a work in progress.

Brooke Calton, Festival Program Assistant, read from a work in progress on Sunday.

Tara Powell, Student Volunteer Coordinator, read from her poetry on Sunday.

Children's writer William H. Hooks read from one of his many works on Sunday.

Marly Youmans, author of Catherwood, presented at the festival on Sunday.

Children's Writer Mary Pope Osborne.
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