“The Stiff Earth Bending a Little”: Lauren Christensen on Grief and Memoir
In 2023, at 22 weeks, Lauren Christensen and Gabriel Bump discovered that their unborn daughter was dying in the womb. “Firstborn,” Christensen’s wrenching new memoir, looks back at the experience.
In Poetic Memoir “A Jewish Appendix,” Adam Sobsey Encounters Signs and Wonders
Talking with the Durham writer about his new memoir, which takes him around the world and back to a Durham wine bar, as he grapples with belonging, heritage, and hospitality.
Talking to Tracy Deonn About New Legendborn Cycle Release “Oathbound”
Tracy Deonn, who grew up in North Carolina and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, doesn’t shy away from her Southern roots.
Print Matters: Talking With Rob Christensen about The News & Observer’s Legacy
Christensen’s new book “Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century” comes out from UNC Press this month.
Talking With Bridget Bell About Her Debut Collection of Poems On Postpartum Depression
“All That We Ask of You Is To Always Be Happy,” Durham poet Bridget Bell’s debut collection, comes out on February 4.
Talking with Nate DiMeo About “The Memory Palace: True Stories of the Past”
Ahead of a book tour stop at Duke University, the host of popular podcast “The Memory Palace” chats about storytelling, butter sculptures, and how learning about the past can crack open greater possibilities for the present.
“Trump Really Supercharged It”: Bill Adair On How Political Lying Got So Bad (and Why Republicans Do It More)
Talking with Bill Adair about his new book “Beyond the Big Lie,” how misinformation became mainstream, and how we can correct course.
More Authors Coverage
Talking With Author Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers About Place, Power, and Pageant Culture
Rogers, who was born in Greensboro, is the author of “Miss Southeast,” a new essay collection about coming-of-age as a queer person in the South.
Devil’s Advocate: Talking With John Feinstein About Coach K and the Duke Men’s Basketball Program
In “Five Banners: Inside the Duke Basketball Dynasty” sports journalist and Duke University alumnus John Feinstein takes readers inside college basketball’s most polarizing program.
Making Sense of North Carolina’s Political Patterns and Players With Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper hopes his new book, “Anatomy of a Purple State,” can help address “our increasing obsession with national politics at the expense of state politics.”
Ellen O’Grady Shares Stories of Grief, Protest, and Hope in Her Comics About Palestine
The Durham artist explains her perception of the world these past few months as a kind of “split screen”: “I’m seeing or hearing what’s happening here,” she says, “and then I’m seeing what’s happening in Gaza.”
Carlos Rojas Translates Chinese Luminary Yan Lianke’s Words—and His Warnings About Authoritarianism
The Duke sinologist on working with Yan Lianke, and how the work of China’s renowned Novel Prize hopeful might speak to American audiences.