Casey Clabough (pronounced "Clay-bo"), (January 31, 1974-January 1, 2023)was an American writer, farmer, and

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in the Etowah Valley Writers MFA at Reinhardt University. Claboughwiki3

Clabough was born in

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, and raised primarily on a farm in Appomattox County, Virginia. However, he attributes his culture to the

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n roots of his family, who lived in the

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for over two hundred years and were one of the founding families of

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. Clabough currently performs editorial work as series editor of the multi-volume "Best Creative Nonfiction of the South" (Texas Review Press), as executive editor of the '' James Dickey Review'', and as literature section editor of the ''

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''.author's website Clabough has published over a hundred works in anthologies and periodicals, including the ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. From 2016, Clabough suffered from schizophrenia. He died on January 1, 2023.

Education

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(BA) * University of South Carolina (PHD)

Books

*''The End of the Mountains'' (Little Curlew, 2016) *''Women of War: Memoirs, Poems, and Fiction By Virginia Women Who Lived Through the Civil War'' (Texas Review Press, 2014) *''Idiot's Guides: Creative Writing''(Penguin, 2014) *''SCHOOLED: Life Lessons of a College Professor'' (Belvedere, 2013) *''George Garrett: A Biography'' (Texas Review Press, 2013) *''Inhabiting Contemporary Southern and Appalachian Literature: Region and Place in the Twenty-First Century'' (University Press of Florida, 2012) *''Confederado: A Novel of the Americas'' (Ingalls/High Mountain, 2012) *''The Art of the Magic Striptease: The Literary Layers of George Garrett'' (University Press of Florida, 2008) *''Gayl Jones: The Language of Voice and Freedom in Her Writings'' (McFarland, 2008) *''The Warrior's Path: Reflections Along an Ancient Route'' (University of Tennessee Press, 2007) *''Experimentation and Versatility: The Early Novels and Short Fiction of Fred Chappell'' (Mercer University Press, 2005) *''Elements: The Novels of James Dickey'' (Mercer University Press, 2005)

References

*"Casey Clabough," ''The Writers Directory'' (Gale, 2011) (biographical entry with list of publications) *"Casey Clabough" ''Contemporary Authors'' (Thomson/Gale, 2007) (biographical entry and interview)

External links

Clabough's author websiteVitaeResearch InterestsGoodReads.com website for authorFeature on Clabough in the ''Oxford American'' Review of ''Confederado'' in ''Blackbird''Poets & Writers directory listing
*"Casey Clabough," ''The Writers Directory'' (Gale, 2011) (biographical entry with list of publications) *"Casey Clabough" ''Contemporary Authors'' (Thomson/Gale, 2007) (biographical entry and interview)
''The Warrior's Path: Reflections along an Ancient Route''
" By J.D. Schraffenberger in ''Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment'' 15.2 (Summer 2008),

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(review) *"LC Professor Hikes the Trail of His Ancestors" in ''Lynchburg News & Advance'' (November 12, 2007): B4 (newspaper article on Clabough and his writing)
"Story of 'Confederados' inspires writer"
By Alicia Petska in ''Lynchburg News & Advance'' (August 20, 2012), (interview and photograph reprinted by

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