Bettie Sellers: grief and writing Authors, American--Georgia--Young Harris Women authors, American--Georgia--Young Harris Women--Georgia--Young Harris Poets, American--Georgia--Young Harris Women poets, American--Georgia--Young Harris Poets laureate--Georgia College teachers--Georgia--Young Harris Women college teachers--Georgia--Young Harris Young Harris College--Faculty Authors--Interviews Grief Alzheimer's disease Brain--Diseases Dementia Sellers, Bettie M. Video recording of Georgia poet Bettie Sellers speaking about writing and grief. She begins by describing the grief of having "a family member who has wandered off into the never-never land of something like Alzheimer's." She contends that writing about the situation helps assuage the grief. Sellers is best known for her poems about life in southern Appalachia. After earning a B.A. from LaGrange College in 1958 and an M.A. from the University of Georgia in 1966, she accepted a position as professor of English at Young Harris College. After thirty-two years of service to the college, Sellers retired in 1997. In 1992 she was named Poet of the Year by the American Pen Women, and in 1997 Governor Zell Miller named her Poet Laureate of Georgia, a position she held for three years. New Georgia Encyclopedia Sanders, Darby Carl Moving images Video recordings http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-539 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-475 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia System requirements: QuickTime version 7.1 or higher is required to view object. 2002/2006 Young Harris (Ga.) Towns County (Ga.) Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia.