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for "North Carolina Literary Review"
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21143
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In this retrospective, author Fred Chappell looks back on movie theaters in Canton, North Carolina where he grew up. Movies were on of the largest diversions for youths during the 1940s and 1950s, and Canton was fortunate enough to have two different movie theaters, The Colonial and The Strand, the two movie houses that helped him grow up.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1993,
p6-13, il
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21144
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Famed North Carolina author James Applewhite, discusses the trajectory of his career and how growing up in North Carolina has influenced how and what he writes.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1993,
p25-41
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23311
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Poet Byer and novelist and memoirist Orr discuss Orr's novels, work, and life leading up to and as a writer.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p6-21, il, por
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23312
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Monique Truong details how growing up in North Carolina as a Vietnamese war refugee shaped her identity as an author. This interview took place after the release of her novel, 'Bitter in the Mouth.'
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p38-64, il, por
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23313
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James Applewhite discusses the lives and writings of two poets, Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) and William Wordsworth (1770-1850).
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p67-75, il, por
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23314
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Tunc discusses the life and works of Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981), a North Carolina southern Gothic playwright. Green played a significant role in the social developments of the new south of the first half of the twentieth century.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p84-97, il, por
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23315
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Ellis considers Charles Chestnutt's 1905 novel that discussed the failure of Reconstruction in North Carolina.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p98-113, il, por
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23316
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Ellis considers Charles Chestnutt's 1905 novel that discussed the failure of Reconstruction in North Carolina.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p98-113, il, por
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23317
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Gerard discusses history and documentary filmmaking with a childhood friend, Ken Burns. Burns is a filmmaker who seeks to excite an interest in the history behind the fiction in his documentary films.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p115-125, il, por
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34631
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Bauer interviews North Carolina-native author Charles Frazier, who incorporates North Carolina history into his novels. He discusses the genre, his own influences, and how we wrote the novel to incorporate the language, scenery, and character personalities of North Carolina. This article incorporates two separate interviews between the author and Frazier.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, 2013,
p21-41, il, por, f
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34632
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Bauer discusses the shift in focus from literary fiction to historical fiction and the authors behind what she calls a “renaissance”. She attributes much of this shift to the success of Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain, which sat on the New York Times Bestseller list for over a year. This is an excerpt from a 2012 presentation.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, 2013,
p42-43, il, f
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34633
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In this interview, author Anna Jean Mayhew discusses her debut novel titled “The Dry Grass of August”. Set in North Carolina during the Civil Rights movement, the author used personal experience and research as inspiration for her novel. She also discusses the people she based her characters on, the process of writing and publishing, and her next novel.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, 2013,
p44-61, il, por, f
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34638
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In this interview, Dr. Maria DeGuzman, professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, reflects on her “outlier” status and how it has affected her work. After being born in Spain, her family moved to South Carolina and then to North Carolina. She is also the Director of Latina/o Studies, the first one in the southeast United States.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, 2013,
p62-72, il, por, f
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14.A Cuban in Mayberry by Firmat, Gustavo Perez North Carolina Literary Review Vol. 22 Issue 1, 2013
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34639
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Gustavo Perez Firmat, a “Cuban exile” living in the United States, discusses his parents move from Cuba to the U.S. to wait out the Castro regime. After decades waiting, Gustavo moved to North Carolina, where his two biggest influences were I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show; one shows a fellow Cuban living in America, the other shows small-town North Carolina life.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, 2013,
p74-83, il, por, f
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34640
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Native North Carolinian author Wiley Cash is interviewed for this article. Writer of A Land More Kind than Home, Cash discusses the inspiration behind the novel, why he chose to set it in North Carolina, and his approach to addressing issues that he sees in religion, power, and family dynamics.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, 2013,
p92-104, il, por, f
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