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34641
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This article focuses on interviews conducted with Robert Morgan, a native North Carolina author of historical fiction. He discusses his choice to make the main character a woman, the balance he must create between the character’s point of view and the history of the battle, and his inspirations throughout his writing career.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, 2014,
p6-17, il, por, f
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29341
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North Carolina writer, Reynolds Price, has a new novel called, The Source of Light. Price also teaches courses on narrative technique and theory at Duke University. An interview with Price discusses his family background and events that inspired him to become a writer.
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27093
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W. Jason Miller, associate professor at North Carolina State University, has a new book called, Origins of the Dream: Hughes’s Poetry and King’s Rhetoric. Miller demonstrates the profound influence Langston Hughes's poems exerted on the letters, sermons, speeches, and ideas of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Marianne Gingher, an associate professor of English, recently published her memoir called, Adventures in Pen Land. The story covers her childhood, marriage, and teaching career. She also shares her insights into the role of a Southern writer in American literary culture, the experience of writing as a mother, and the process of novel-writing.
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Established in 1995, the Carolina African American Writer’s Collective (CAAWC) has transformed into a networking group for writers, both young and old. The CAAWC offers workshops for its members, networking opportunities, and the ability to share their work in a supportive environment. Much of the credit for the success of the CAAWC goes to founder Lenard Moore.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 25 Issue 1, 2016,
p110-114, il, por, f
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31678
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This year, many North Carolina writers published award-winning books. There was a total of fifty-six books entered in the competitions for which awards were presented during Culture Week, November 12-16. This article highlights the winning books and provides background on each of the authors.
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34713
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In this tribute, Gary Richards honors Allan Gurganus. With humor and wit, he discusses the “trouble” he has gotten into over the years because of Gurganus’ work, but also how it makes him laugh while still considering the truth behind the matters at hand.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 27 Issue , 2018,
p130-134, il, por, f
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34714
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In honor of Allan Gurganus, these two tributes given at the 2017 North Carolina Writers Conference in Rocky Mount. Describing him as illustrious, dedicated, and talented, Holding and Bonner describe their relationship with the author and how is work continues to touch the lives of everyone who reads them.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 27 Issue , 2018,
p135-141, il, por, f
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R.C. Lawrence is a lawyer and a writer who writes about North Carolinians. His work has appeared in THE STATE magazine for a number of years, and now Senator Bailey turns the table and tells readers about R. C. Lawrence.
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27038
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Carrboro’s Phil Torres has a new book called The End: What Science and Religion Tells Us About the Apocalypse. Torres specializes in existential risk studies, which is a philosophy focused on understanding risks and determining strategies for eliminating. He says the primary danger to the world is the creation of designer pathogens.
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29876
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Local author Wayne Caldwell has written novels on the annexation of Cataloochee in the early 1900s. Caldwell will lead a tour through the five remaining buildings in the Cataloochee Valley Historic Area. His personal ties to families in the area afford him stories unknown to most.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 7, July 2017,
p57, il, por
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38927
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Ben Dixon MacNeill, born near Laurinburg, NC, was a teacher, newspaper writer, a Lt. Colonel in WWII and publicity director for the outdoor drama ‘The Lost Colony.’ He is remembered for his column, ‘Cellar and Garret,’ in the News & Observer and for his novel ‘Sand Roots’ and the book, ‘The Hatterasman' about his personalized account of the people who lived on the Outer Banks.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 25 Issue No. 3, July 2016,
p77-78
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35243
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As this guide illustrated, contributors to NC’s history range from artisans to business leaders, writers and artists, who count themselves as Tarheel State natives. Featured are products from these contributors showcasing all that North Carolina has to offer to citizens and visitors alike.
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13659
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One of North Carolina's most prolific areas these days is literature.
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36552
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Carl Sandburg is perhaps widely known in the United States as a poet and lesser known as a writer of children’s stories. Perhaps better known by North Carolinians about Sandburg is Connamara, Greek Revival summer house in Flat Rock where he lived with his wife, who was just as well known in the community for her raising goats. This dwelling, built in 1839, is a National Historic site.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 8, August 2016,
p114
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