Black Mountain, Montreat, Swannanoa

From the edgy avant-garde to traditional poetry to contemporary mystery writing, the villages of Black Mountain, Montreat and Swannanoa are home to an incredibly rich variety of literary influences.

Writers with a connection to this area include: Patricia Cornwell, Robert Creeley, Fielding Dawson, Ed Dorn, Robert Duncan, Ruth Bell Graham, Francine du Plessix Gray, Jill Jones, Alfred Kazin, Charles Olson, Joel Oppenheimer, Mary Caroline Richards, Elizabeth Spencer, Peter Turchi, Ellen Bryant Voigt and Jonathan Williams.

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