Research at AAS

Research for extended work of creative nonfiction tentatively titled 13 Travels with William Bartram, which will focus on the life and writings of William Bartram (1739-1823), author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida.

About the Fellow

An award-winning essayist, teacher and naturalist, Catherine Reid has taught in a variety of venues, most recently at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina, where she served as director of the creative writing program and specialized in creative nonfiction and environmental writing. She is the author of several works of nonfiction—The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables; Falling into Place: An Intimate Geography of Home; and Coyote: Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst. A creative writing fellow at such places as the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester MA and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, she is also a recipient of individual artist awards from the North Carolina Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. She gardens and writes in the mountains of North Carolina.