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A Meticulously-Researched Recent Biography of Malcolm X Goes Beyond the Myth
In a word, "The Dead Are Arising" is a masterpiece. Read more
Feb. 09, 2021
3:55 p.m.
A Meticulously-Researched Recent Biography of Malcolm X Goes Beyond the Myth
In a word, "The Dead Are Arising" is a masterpiece. Read more
Feb. 09, 2021
3:55 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Letters Bookshop
Letters Bookshop is Moving to a Two-Story New Home Down the Block
Some rare good downtown Durham news. Read more
Feb. 02, 2021
1:41 p.m.
Carolina African American Writers’ Collective Celebrates 25 Years with a New Anthology
Edited by the collective's founder, the haiku master Lenard D. Moore, "All the Songs We Sing" shows that North Carolina is home to a splendid array of Black writers who are extending the melodies of the Southern literary canon. Read more
Oct. 15, 2020
4:11 p.m.
Photo by Melissa R. Campbell
Kelly Starling Lyons Named the 2021 Piedmont Laureate
"When I think about being Piedmont Laureate, I picture the amazing kids and adults I see every day around the Triangle," Starling Lyons says. Read more
Jan. 22, 2021
11:12 a.m.
Photo courtesy of Letters Bookshop
Letters Bookshop is Moving to a Two-Story New Home Down the Block
Some rare good downtown Durham news. Read more
Feb. 02, 2021
1:41 p.m.
A Few of The Local Releases We’re Looking Forward to in 2021
With a long winter ahead, here are some releases from local presses to bookmark. Read more
Jan. 13, 2021
6:30 a.m.
Photo by Melissa R. Campbell
Kelly Starling Lyons Named the 2021 Piedmont Laureate
"When I think about being Piedmont Laureate, I picture the amazing kids and adults I see every day around the Triangle," Starling Lyons says. Read more
Jan. 22, 2021
11:12 a.m.
Photo by Jade Wilson
Allan Gurganus’s New Short Story Collection Is Filled With Snakes, Sex, and a Prophetic Look Forward
Some elements of fiction can be taught in a classroom. Gurganus's subtle ability to bend the space-time continuum can't. Read more
Jan. 12, 2021
2:25 p.m.
Photo by Jade Wilson
Allan Gurganus’s New Short Story Collection Is Filled With Snakes, Sex, and a Prophetic Look Forward
Some elements of fiction can be taught in a classroom. Gurganus's subtle ability to bend the space-time continuum can't. Read more
Jan. 12, 2021
2:25 p.m.
Our Year in Local Speculative Fiction
In the Triangle, every year is a banner year for local science fiction, fantasy, and genre fiction. 2020 was no exception. Read more
Dec. 23, 2020
6:30 a.m.
A Few of The Local Releases We’re Looking Forward to in 2021
With a long winter ahead, here are some releases from local presses to bookmark. Read more
Jan. 13, 2021
6:30 a.m.
“Fragile Democracy” Is a Galvanizing Look at North Carolina’s Long, Racist History of Voter Suppression
A new UNC Press release is an indispensable manual for figuring out how we got here. Read more
Nov. 04, 2020
6:30 a.m.
Our Year in Local Speculative Fiction
In the Triangle, every year is a banner year for local science fiction, fantasy, and genre fiction. 2020 was no exception. Read more
Dec. 23, 2020
6:30 a.m.
Carolina African American Writers’ Collective Celebrates 25 Years with a New Anthology
Edited by the collective's founder, the haiku master Lenard D. Moore, "All the Songs We Sing" shows that North Carolina is home to a splendid array of Black writers who are extending the melodies of the Southern literary canon. Read more
Oct. 15, 2020
4:11 p.m.
photo courtesy of Horse & Buggy Press
Born on NPR, Reared at The Regulator, Allan Gurganus's "A Fool for Christmas" Finally Sees Print
Durham letterpress printer Horse & Buggy Press and Duke University partnered to produce a book of Gurganus's nativity story, committing an oral tradition to print at long last. Read more
Nov. 27, 2019
6:00 a.m.
Photo by Teresa Moore
David Menconi, the Dean of North Carolina Rock Critics, Pens a Loving Landmark History of Our State’s Popular Music
With chapters focusing on figures as larger-than-life as North Carolina will allow, "Step It Up & Go" is brisk and fun but will also be cited as a reference for years to come. Read more
Oct. 14, 2020
6:30 a.m.
“Fragile Democracy” Is a Galvanizing Look at North Carolina’s Long, Racist History of Voter Suppression
A new UNC Press release is an indispensable manual for figuring out how we got here. Read more
Nov. 04, 2020
6:30 a.m.
Photo by Missy Malouff
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips Leavens Rural Poverty with Tender Mercies in "Sleepovers"
A graduate of Meredith College in Raleigh, Phillips is a uniquely Southern talent to watch, starting with her debut short story collection. Read more
Jul. 01, 2020
6:30 a.m.
Photo by Teresa Moore
David Menconi, the Dean of North Carolina Rock Critics, Pens a Loving Landmark History of Our State’s Popular Music
With chapters focusing on figures as larger-than-life as North Carolina will allow, "Step It Up & Go" is brisk and fun but will also be cited as a reference for years to come. Read more
Oct. 14, 2020
6:30 a.m.
