James Applewhite is the recipient of the 2001 Ragan-Rubin Award from the North Carolina English Teacher’s Association, the 1998 Brockman-Campbell Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society, and the 1995 North Carolina Award in Literature. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and received the 1992 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Jean Stein Award in Poetry.  Applewhite has written numerous books of poetry, including the award winning Daytime and Starlight and, most recently, A Diary of Altered Light.