Steven Byrd
I began writing seriously in my senior year of high school, when I
first tried my hand at poems and short stories along with the academic
papers that my classes required. I continued both my creative and
critical writing into college, where I have had the honor of working
with several professors on various scholastic projects, the most
extensive being my work as an editorial assistant on Dr. Mark Canada's
Internet research site All
American: Literature, History and Culture. I was also the
founder and served as co-editor on UNCP's
student literary magazine the Aurochs.
I have published a few poems in small publications and
presented a research paper on the novels of North Carolina author Jill
McCorkle at a conference in March 2001. I've also had an article I wrote
on Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory" published in volume 35 of Poetry Criticism.
I hope to continue my work with literature on into
graduate school, where I plan to earn a degree allowing me to teach
writing on a collegiate level.
To view a selection of
beautiful artwork, visit the homepage of a girl I used to know: Laura.
Read a paper I wrote for my
Advanced Composition class on Romantic Love
in J.D. Salinger's Nine Stories.
Five scholastic pieces I
wrote for Dr. Mark Canada's online literature resorurce All
American:
stbyrd@nc.rr.com