Brevard, Rosman, Green River, Zirconia, Flat Rock, Hendersonville

From an historic playhouse to a homeward-looking angel, from the whitest squirrels to the oldest river, the towns of Brevard, Rosman, Green River, Zirconia, Flat Rock and Hendersonville have been home to some of our greatest poets and birthplace of some of our greatest plays.

Writers with a connection to this area: Mart Baldwin, Michael Chitwood, Wilma Dykeman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, DuBose Heyward, Robert Morgan, John Parris, Ann B. Ross, Carl Sandburg and Paula Steichen.

North Carolina Arts Council Literary Fellows: Sherry Austin (Fiction Writer, 2002; Non-Fiction Writer, 2006)

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