Time Is a Terrible and Beautiful Thing in Durham Poet Laura Jaramillo’s New Collection, “Making Water”
Readers may feel like they cross the Eno itself, touching different shorelines—only to remember, in the end, it’s all one river.
A New Book by Wilmington Author Larry Thomas Explores North Carolina’s Rich Jazz Heritage
“Carolina Shout!” chronicles jazz across the state, from its unsung musicians to those who have cast a bigger light.
In a New Memoir, the Travels of Frances Mayes Reach from the Triangle to Tuscany, and Back Again
Frances Mayes’ romantic 1996 memoir, “Under the Tuscan Sun,” about buying and renovating a rickety but venerable Italian villa, kicked off a writing career that has continued with gusto into her eighties.
Fall Arts Preview: Ten North Carolina Titles to Look Out For
Must-read books written by local authors, from moving historical romances to thrilling sci-fi mysteries.
Erica Plouffe Lazure’s Intimate Short Story Collection Is Threaded Together by a Shared Setting in the Semifictional Town of Mewborn, NC
“This book is a work of fiction, but in many ways, I feel myself in the book.”
Treva B. Lindsey Writes With and For Black Women and Girls
“I believe so strongly in Black women’s and girls’ ability to create new worlds because we have done it before.”
It May Not Always Be Happy, but David Sedaris’s Latest Memoir Is Still an Awfully Good Time
David Sedaris’s latest essay collection, ‘Happy-Go-Lucky,’ has much more of the Old North State in it.
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‘Gender Queer’ and ‘Lawn Boy’ to be Reviewed by Librarians Under New Guidelines
A new policy that the county manager’s office approved today goes into effect immediately.
A Q&A with Young LGBTQ Readers on “Gender Queer”
We know what parents think of “Gender Queer,” what politicians think of “Gender Queer,” but what do queer people think about the groundbreaking graphic novel for young adults?
John Darnielle’s New Thriller, ‘Devil House,’ Digs into the Uneasy Tensions between Humanity and the Headlines
“Telling any story at all has stakes, you know, whether it’s true or not.”
Crook’s Corner May Be Closed, but Its Endearing Prize for the Best Debut Novel Set in the American South Lives On
Last June, the restaurant quietly closed its doors, another casualty of the pandemic, taking with it a certain vision of an older, open Chapel Hill and that romantic prize promise of 365 glasses of wine. Nevertheless, its award, for now, lives on.
Things to Do This MLK Weekend in the Triangle
With coronavirus on the loose, embrace a day of service this weekend in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
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