Clyde edgerton wilmington nc real estate
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Edgerton, Clyde (Carlyle) 1944-
(Raney Basket)
PERSONAL: Born May 20, 1944, in Durham, NC; son of Ernest Carlyle (in insurance sales) and Susan Truma (a homemaker; maiden name, Warren) Edgerton; married, June 21, 1975 (marriage ended); married Kristina Jones, December 22, 2001; children: Catherine, Nathan. Education: University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, B.A., 1966, M.A.T., 1972, Ph.D., 1977.
ADDRESSES: Office—Creative Writing Program, University of North Carolina—Wilmington, 601 College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403. Agent—Liz Darhansoff, 1220 Park Ave., New York, NY 10128. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Southern High School, Durham, NC, English teacher, 1972-73; English Teaching Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, codirector, 1976; Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, assistant professor, 1977-82, associate professor of education and psychology, 1982-85; St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC, associate professor of English and education, 1985-89; ful
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A critic once called Clyde Edgerton the "love child of Dave Barry and Flannery O'Connor"—a reflection of the fact that his novels are both dark and funny. His nine novels include Raney, Walking Across Egypt, The Floatplane Notebooks, Killer Diller and, most recently, The Bible Salesman, about a young man who has never read the Bible but is selling it door to door. Edgerton teaches at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
In a recent interview, you spoke about being compelled to go back to church after many years away from it. What compelled you? Did your return disappoint or surprise you?
I love the old hymns, and my wife and I wanted a place for our children to systematically receive moral teachings to underpin daily life. Not that we didn't need the same.
My return to church has not disappointed me because we found a Baptist church [Winter Park Baptist in Wilmington, North Carolina] whose minister [Eric Porterfield] stresses love of neighbor
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Clyde Edgerton ban stands out from others
WILMINGTON -- For nearly six years as New hannover County Schools' superintendent, Tim Markley did not dryckesställe someone from school grounds due to a concern about lärjunge information.
Then, on May 10, the övervakare told local author Clyde Edgerton he would need permission from an tjänsteman to set foot on school grounds again.
"It's the first time I've ever had a situation like this in my six years," Markley said.
Edgerton's barring stands out from 22 others on a list provided bygd New hannover County Schools, as it is the result of an April 22 voicemail he left in which he told an unidentified mother she may have been discriminated against and he might have obtained her phone number illegally. Typically, a parent fryst vatten banned for legal matters, losing their temper with a school employee or causing a disruption to the classroom environment.
Edgerton was banned even though Markley said he is still trying to gather facts about the situation.
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