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40417
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McCorkle’s return to Holden Beach suggested much has changed in the fifty year old island town. In recalling landmarks such as the Surfside Pavilion, a rustic swing bridge, and VanWerry Grocery Store, she proved the town is also the same: in memory.
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Holden Beach (Brunswick County); McCorkle, Jill, 1958-; Authors, North Carolina; Authors, North Carolina--Women; Writers, North Carolina; Writers--North Carolina, Eastern; Long Beach--Civil War--shipwrecks; Hurricane Hazel, 1954; Oak Island; Oak Island--families--Luther Holden ; Holden Beach--families--Luther Holden
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32204
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An excerpt from North Carolina author Bland Simpson’s “Two Captains from Carolina” highlights a pivotal moment for Moses Grandy, an accomplished African American mariner born in the antebellum South. Simpson describes how he brought to life the stories of two disparate captains and what their narratives mean to him.
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Coastwatch
(NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 1, Winter 2018,
p12-17, il, por, map
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34413
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Author Charles Frazier, born in Asheville and raised in Cherokee County, has a deep family ancestry in the Appalachian region of North Carolina. Frazier’s first novel, Cold Mountain, was a depiction of Appalachia, its culture and people. His latest work, Varina, is a biography of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and delves into the culpability of the Civil War and the South’s legacy of slavery.
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29524
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Recently published by the University of North Carolina Press, 'Water's Edge: A Heritage Guide to the Outer Banks Byway,' by Barbara Garrity-Blake and Karen Willis Amspacher shares tales of local histories and traditions from the people and communities that run from Whalebone Junction to Beaufort, North Carolina.
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40325
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Companion journal for the North Carolina Historical Review, NCLR embraces North Carolina’s diversity and plays an important role on East Carolina University’s campus. It features renowned writers such as Clyde Edgerton as well as unknown writers, is implemented as a teaching tool in literature courses, and trains student employees about the intricacies of publication.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Fall 2016 ,
p28-31
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Sparrow, W. Keats, 1932-2009; Faulkner, Janice Hardison, 1932-2019; Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-; McCorkle, Jill, 1958-; Chappell, Fred, 1936-; Smith, Lee, 1944-; NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW (journal); NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY REVIEW (journal); East Carolina University--Department of English; Writers, North Carolina; Authors, North Carolina
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24838
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Tourism agencies call Western North Carolina “The Land of the Sky,” but few know the history of how the phrase was coined. In 1875, Salisbury author Frances Fisher Tiernan. known professionally as Christian Reid, published “The Land of the Sky; or, Adventures in Mountain By-Ways,” which was set in Western North Carolina. The book was extremely popular and within a few years, the title became a common marketing phrase for hotels and other businesses in the region.
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25094
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Lawrence S. Early is the author of The Workboats of Core Sound. He talks about why he picked this topic and what he hopes people see when they read it. He still visits those people he interviewed for his book and talks about the reunions.
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18696
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Author John Ehle's acclaimed seven novel series set in the mountains of western North Carolina follows the Wright family through 160 years of their history. Ehle's success as an author mirrored the success of the series as he created a rich cultural environment full of the wonders of North Carolina.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 19, 2012,
p11-23, il, por, f
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25433
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Jim Dodson has had many experiences in his life that have shaped how he writes. From the death of his father, to the aftermath of his divorce, his personal life has produced some of his best writing.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 2009,
p26-28, 30-31, il, por
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28078
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Terrance Holt is a Chapel Hill physician and former teacher who recently published a collection of short stories. The collection has gained praised by the New York Tiimes and Junot Diaz. Holt is interviewed an shares his thoughts on the power of language, the reasons he writes, the reason he became a geriatric doctor, how his two professions are linked, and what he hopes his stories represent.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 50, December 2009,
p9
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9872
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The North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, located at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines, seeks to honor, preserve and promote the state's rich literary legacy. To date, forty-two North Carolina authors have been inducted. Gerald Barrax, Fred Chappell, and Elizabeth Daniels Squire were the 2006 inductees.
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10167
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Kevin Duffus, author, researcher, and filmmaker, discusses his latest book, The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate.
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10534
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Stein discusses Dawn Shamp's debut novel, On Account of Conspicuous Women, which celebrates 1920s Roxboro and women's suffrage.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 21, May 2008,
p34, il
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10535
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Sarah Dessen, of Chapel Hill, discusses her work. She is the author of eight young adult novels with over 1.5 million copies in print.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 18, Apr 2008,
p35, il
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28230
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Durham author Zelda Lockhart discusses her African-American family’s Indian heritage. Her maternal great-grandmother was a Choctaw who married her black great-grandfather. Lockhart discusses the history of African-American and Indian relations and how both groups were involved in the slave trade. Her latest novel brings to life what she learned of her family’s hidden native heritage through fiction.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 13, March 2007,
p33-34
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