You’re eatin‘ right now. Or you’re fixin’ to get something to eat. You just ate. The new Oxford American is on the table, in its first ever Southern food issue, under the succinct banner, “writing, and fighting, about food.” This season’s book is brilliantly edited with loving eclecticism and eccentricity by John T. Edge, “the […]
John Valentine
Bio: John Valentine lives in Hillsborough, where he's written about life on and off the farm for more than two decades.Email: [email protected]
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NC STATE remake
Say the words “alumni magazine” and you might get some groans. Say the words “alumni magazine” and “Molly Renda” and you’ll probably hear, “Really? Let me see that.” In the visual arts and all manner of print matter, Renda’s work is eye-catching and coherent. Locally you’ve seen her designs on book jackets, calendars, brochures and […]
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The show has begun
This is the week when you decide to spend the first half of the game outside and maybe just catch the second half. One year we snaked a 150-foot heavy duty extension cord out to the garden so we could watch the red and blue teams and plant the green teams. This is the week […]
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Take a deep breath
“Sure, I’ll walk with you. Call me anytime,” she said. She was in the 12th hour of a 16-hour shift, but she was still ready to accompany me on my rehab-mandated laps around the ward, as many as I could manage each day. The nurses on the Heart Ward at Durham Regional are special, like […]
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You know those “While You Were Out” post-its?
This month’s zinestream is kind of like that. We bypassed last month’s deadline and have been digging through e-mails, submissions and free-stuff fodder ever since. The show goes on, that’s for sure. Think of this piece as a post-election, post-holiday, pre-spring warm-up bulletin board of print happenings. Writer’s Grind is getting ready for their final […]
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Fix the rim
In 1963, Bill Bradley was the best free throw shooter in the country. As a college freshman he made 57 straight, setting a new NCAA record. He woke up the sleepy college town of Princeton, N.J. Town-gown tensions were soon forgotten as he filled up the Tigers’ then tiny (3,000 seats) basketball home, Dillon Gym. […]
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A snowball’s chance
The stockings were hung, the ornaments ready, three creches were opened, the elves barely steady. As seasoned Christmas tree decorators know, you have to do the lights first. Find ’em, unwind ’em, check the plugs, replace the non-twinklers. By now we must have four generations of sizes, replacements, and fire hazards. Among the items my […]
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One Crumb-y cover
Everett Rand must be doing something right. Thousands of nice guys (and girlz) publish zines, but how many get original art from R. Crumb himself? Rand has returned to North Carolina after cold-weather detours in Vermont and West Virginia. His wonderful, unique, labor-of-love zine is back, too. Six hundred copies of Mineshaft #14 are just […]
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Roosting, not roasting
Beyond the barnyard, it’s a little know fact: Thanksgiving is a chicken’s favorite holiday. “Let the turkey do the star turn, just pass us the left over leftovers,” they cluck, all the while keeping a low profile. These days it’s all about hunkering down in the coop. The chickens are all feathered up. No one’s […]
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New rags in the racks
Print media of the non-political sort provided jest and promise the past six weeks; here’s a taste. What do ugly planet, Life and el Tunel have in common? They all showed up on the giveaway racks last month. True, you had to buy the Friday News & Observer to get the new Life, and it […]
