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On being of the writer tribe.
click here to view in your browser {On being of the writer tribe.} In which Ms. J.T. Ellison finds plenty of characters at her local coffee shop, North Carolina writers want a new story from their...
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Stories come in a human voice.
click here to view in your browser {Stories come in a human voice.} In which Ms. Mary Camilla Judson believes in the benefts of exercise, Mr. Alan Gurganus insists that what's wrong with the state of...
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Not all stories are sob stories. . .
click here to view in your browser {Not all stories are sob stories..} In which children's authors reach out in support of North Carolina's LGBT youth, Scuppernong Books finds another excuse to play...
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One Book, One South, Jr.
click here to view in your browser {One Book, One South. Jr.} In which the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize finalists are announced, Ms Susan Smelser has a bookstore for sale, Mr. Alan Gurganus has nice...
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Why bookselling is like blacksmithing.
click here to view in your browser {Why bookselling is like blacksmithing.} In which North Carolina bookstores get vocal, Rev. William J Barber II gets off the plane, and Ms. Judy Blume gets a new job...
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Get thee to thine local independent book shop.
click here to view in your browser {Get thee to thine local independent book shop.} In which Ms. Toni Tipton-Martin admits she puts sugar on her grits, Ms. Lee Smith explains the proper way to display...
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On strawberry jam and Green Eggs and Ham.
click here to view in your browser {On strawberry jam and Green Eggs and Ham.} In which Mr. Lenard Moore explains how Green Eggs and Ham was instrumental in his decision to become a poet, Mr. Pat...
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Treat language like it is a big lush banquet.
click here to view in your browser {Treat language like it is a big lush banquet.} In which Mr. Pat Conroy does not cackle with laughter, Mr. Jack Hatfield claims he is the great great grandson of the...
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Sugar snap peas and Granma's famous icebox blueberry pie.
click here to view in your browser {Sugar snap peas and Granma's famous icebox blueberry pie.} In which Ms Iris Murdoch and Ms. Flannery O'Connor share a crazy Atlanta fan, somebody blows up Lee...
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God, did we laugh.
click here to view in your browser {God, did we laugh.} In which Ms. Julia Reed teaches Beltway denizens about the joys of the pimento cheese sandwich, Ms. Lee Smith looks into her mother's recipe...
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On baking, books, and bow ties.
click here to view in your browser {On baking, books, and bow ties.} In which Mr. Pat Conroy asks his biographer to write about the life he didn't know he had lived, Mr. Billy Coffey is drawn to the...
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The story can't happen without place.
click here to view in your browser {The story can't happen without place.} In which Route 1 becomes a literary trail, Ms. Karen White insists that "place comes first" in her stories, Mr. Clyde...
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On legacy.
click here to view in your browser {On legacy.} In which Ms. Kerry Kettler promises to pay it forward, Mr. Tunde Wey wants white Southern food writers to leave the safety of their kitchens, and Mr....
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You never have to darn your socks.
click here to view in your browser {You never have to darn your socks.} In which some things about the past are best left to the past, such as the need to darn one's own socks, someone attempts to...
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In search of magical ducks
click here to view in your browser {In search of magical ducks.} In which her ladyship, the editor, receives a request that cannot be ignored, Mr. Mark Childress comes back to Alabama, Ms. Natasha...
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Armadillos in the vegetable garden.
click here to view in your browser {Armadillos in the vegetable garden.} In which Mr. Richard Grant has an armadillo problem, Mr. John Gregory Brown is driven to steal a book, (it's a good one) and...
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Writing is a contact sport.
click here to view in your browser {Writing is a contact sport.} In which Ms. Dannye Romaine Powell does her homework, and very well, Mr. Pat Conroy explains writing as a contact sport, Ms. Rheta...
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Books and bookstores are good medicine.
click here to view in your browser {Books and bookstores are good medicine.} In which Ms. Bell Hooks explains what matters, Ms. Betsy Teter thinks bookstores are "a survival thing," Ms. Emoke B'Racz...
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Why do you live here?
click here to view in your browser {Why do you live here?} In which Ms. Karin Wilson asks a question, Mr. Steven Sherrill sings a song, Ms. Margaret Bauer tells a story, and her ladyship doesn't mind...
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Family, animals, community, grief, forgiveness, and spaceships.
click here to view in your browser {Family, animals, community, grief, forgiveness, and spaceships.} In which Ms. Kim Church recommends a book you may not have heard of, Ms. Emily of Square Books...
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