Award-winning writer, UNC professor and alum Randall Kenan passes away

Posted Aug 31, 2020
Randall Kenan, a professor at North Carolina, has died at 57. “He was one of the leading lights at Carolina. He was a Tar Heel alumnus, a native North Carolinian who loved writing about his roots, beloved by his students, a mentor to younger writers, and a master craftsman and storyteller," according to Terry Rhodes, Dean of UNC's College of Arts & Sciences. (WRAL.com)

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