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photo courtesy of Ultimate Comics
Fight or Flight Comics and Ultimate Comics Are Picking Out Drapes Together
In March, Fight or Flight will close in the Shops at Falls Village to merge its staff and culture with Ultimate's on Capital Boulevard. Read more
Jan. 20, 2020
10:49 a.m.
illustration by Dare Coulter
“My N.C. from A to Z” Is a Toddler’s Guide to Our State’s African-American Heritage
A project of The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission published by UNC Press, the new alphabet book introduces kids to Durham’s Black Wall Street, civil rights advocate Charlotte Hawkins Brown, and more. Read more
Jan. 17, 2020
3:23 p.m.
photo by Graham Tolbert
The North Carolina Book Festival Just Added a Big Draw for Music Fans
In addition to more literary excitement, the festival's second wave of programming features a local-music leading light who's sure to perk up your ears. Read more
Jan. 15, 2020
3:56 p.m.
Photo by Erin Bell
Tamara Kissane Is Your New Piedmont Laureate
The longtime Durham theater artist and podcaster follows music journalist David Menconi in the post, which seeks to build literary bridges in the Triangle and beyond. Read more
Jan. 10, 2020
1:32 p.m.
Photo courtesy of the Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Festival
Submit Your Poems to the Twelfth Annual Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Prize
Submissions for the Cary-based poetry prize are open until January 10, 2020. Read more
Jan. 08, 2020
11:53 a.m.
All the World’s a Cage in Jessica Q. Stark's "Savage Pageant"
The poetry collection covers a lot of ground—psychogenic disorders, ghosts, a nuclear meltdown—but it centers on Jungleland, a now-defunct zoo for Hollywood show animals. Read more
Jan. 08, 2020
6:00 a.m.
Photo by Jade Wilson
Nightstand: Here’s What Your Local Bookseller Is Reading
This week: William Page from downtown Durham’s Letters Bookshop. Read more
Jan. 07, 2020
4:53 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Defiore & Company
Novelist Devi S. Laskar Wins the 2020 Crook's Corner Book Prize
“The story grabbed me,” Charlies Frazier, the judge for this year’s event, said of the novel. “The subject matter could not have been more of the moment.” Read more
Jan. 07, 2020
10:30 a.m.
photo by Deus Kajuna
UNC Professor Mark Katz Built a Global Hip-Hop Ambassadorship. Then He Gave Artists the Reins.
Katz's new book, “Build: The Power of Hip Hop Diplomacy in a Divided World,” is a soul-searching account of his time leading the U.S. Department of State’s Next Level program. Read more
Dec. 10, 2019
4:21 p.m.
