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Sally Buckner was born in Statesville, N.C., in 1931. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. She taught at every level from kindergarten through graduate school, retiring after 28 years on the faculty at Peace College, Raleigh, N.C., in 1998. She published fiction and poetry in a number of journals and anthologies, and also edited poetry anthologies.

From the description of Sally Buckner papers, 1963-2004. WorldCat record id: 70581910

Sally Buckner was born in Statesville, N.C., in 1931, to George Beaver, a plumber, and Foda Stack Beaver, a teacher and bookkeeper. She received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. She taught at every level, from kindergarten through graduate school and after 28 years on the faculty at Peace College, Raleigh, N.C., in 1998.

Buckner published fiction and poetry in a number of journals and anthologies, including Voices from Home, Crucible, and Out of Line . A collection of her poetry, Strawberry Harvest was published in 1986. Buckner also edited two anthologies, Our Words, Our Ways (1995) and Words and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (1999). She conducted numerous writing workshops and won many awards, among them the Ragan-Rubin Award and the R. Hunt Parker Award for her contributions to North Carolina literature. As of 2006, she and her husband Bob live in Raleigh, N.C., where she writes, leads writing workshops, and is involved in social and political issues.

From the guide to the Sally Buckner Papers, 1963-2004, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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