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THE TITLE OF MICHAEL MCFEE'S THE NAPKIN MANUSCRIPTS MIGHT STRIKE the unsuspecting reader as. .

THE TITLE OF MICHAEL MCFEE'S THE NAPKIN MANUSCRIPTS MIGHT STRIKE the unsuspecting reader as puzzling or, at best, casual. It derives from a shorter piece in this collection with the same title in which McFee describes his penchant for jotting down thoughtful observations, fleeting impressions, or poems-to-be on Hardee's napkins while traveling. As Doris Betts explains in her helpful Foreword, McFee was born in Asheville in 1954 and has taught for many years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he initiated the first course in North Carolina literature.

The Napkin Manuscripts is a collection of twenty-two engaging prose pieces written over the past several decades by Michael .

Taken together, they constitute a wide-ranging exploration of what working writers do, how they do it, and what it means.

The Napkin Manuscripts. Selected Essays and an Interview, With a Foreword by Doris Betts. Published October 15, 2006 by Univ Tennessee Press.

The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected Essays and an Interview, University of Tennessee Press, 2006.

His book of poems Earthly was co-winner of the Roanoake-Chowan Award for Poetry from the North Carolina Literary and Historical Society and was an honorable mention for the Poets' Prize; his next collection, Shinemaster, won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award from the Western North Carolina Historical Association. The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected Essays and an Interview, University of Tennessee Press, 2006.

Michael McFee (born June 4, 1954) is an American poet and essayist. The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected essays and an interview. McFee is from Asheville, North Carolina. 1978) from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. His book of poems Earthly was co-winner of the Roanoake-Chowan Award for Poetry from the North Carolina Literary and Historical Society, and was an honorable mention for the Poets' Prize; his next collection, Shinemaster, won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award from the Western North Carolina Historical Association.

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He is also the author of The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected Essays (2006)

McFee’s poems, often set in his native North Carolina, are grounded in the particulars of place even as they explore themes of loss, memory, and family life. He is also the author of The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected Essays (2006). His work has also appeared in USA Today, Newsday, and elsewhere.