David Hampton:

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation English Teacher
Location Morganton, NC, United States
Introduction I've been married for almost 10 years, and have been teaching high school English just as long. My wife and I have a 6-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son, and are loving life.
Interests poetry, writing, Appalachia, Appalachian Studies, barbecue, ephemera, hillbilly, the outdoors, flea markets, Jesus
Favorite Books Denise Giardina, Charles Frazier, James Still, Robert Morgan, Fred Chappell, Jim Wayne Miller, Gurney Norman, Carl Sandburg, Thomas Wolfe, Yusuf Komunyakaa, Rita Dove, James Dickey, Lee Smith, R.T. Smith, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Ron Rash, Breece D'J Pancake, Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy

The children are waiting! Please tell them the story about the bald frog with the wig:

Well, Jim Smiley bet the traveler his frog could do a better impression of Dolly Parton than any other frog in Calaveras County....