Burnsville, Micaville, Celo, Mount Mitchell

From galax to ginseing, blockade to biscuits, pinnacle views to the French Broad River, the towns of Burnsville, Micaville, Celo and Mount Mitchell are home to the state’s oldest summer theater as well as one of its newest literary festivals.

Writers with a connection to this area: Jonathan Daniels, Abigail DeWitt, Louisa Duls, Wilma Dykeman, Tom Higgins, Everette M. Kivette, William G. Lord, Robert Morgan, Margaret Morley, Charles F. Price, Muriel Earley Sheppard, Timothy Silver, Anne Tyler, Thomas Wolfe and Perry Deane Young.

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