One on One: Four Books to Entertain and Disturb Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 3, 2017 | D.G. Martin, Town Square If you are willing to be both entertained and disturbed by your summer vacation books, I have four... Read More
NATJA Comes To Orange County Next Week Posted by Aaron Keck | May 10, 2017 | News Around Town NATJA is the North American Travel Journalists Association – and they’re bringing more than 80 attendees to Orange County. Read More
One on One: Stealing our Shadows Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 17, 2016 | D.G. Martin Has this year’s presidential election stolen our shadows? “What do you mean?” I can hear you asking that question. To understand about such shadows, it helps to read North Carolina beloved former poet laureate... Read More
Why it’s basketball, not politics, on our minds Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 29, 2016 | D.G. Martin Get used to it! Even though we are in the middle of a national election contest with choices so... Read More
European history lessons for North Carolinians Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 5, 2016 | D.G. Martin What does a new 800-page history of 20th Century Europe have to do with North Carolina politics of... Read More
An important author’s struggles can help his readers Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 10, 2015 | D.G. Martin You can’t go home again. This is what Thomas Wolfe learned after his thinly disguised... Read More
Good for Nicholas Sparks, good for North Carolina Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 20, 2015 | D.G. Martin “My books are all different,” Nicholas Sparks, the No. 1 New York Times best selling author who... Read More
Summer’s Final Reading Assignments Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 4, 2015 | D.G. Martin A classic love story full of mountain music from one of North Carolina’s greatest living... Read More
Major Golsteyn and General Noriega: In Headlines and Vacation Books Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 6, 2015 | D.G. Martin Headline news stories in recent few days reported the U.S. Army’s disciplining of Maj. Mathew... Read More
The Biggest News For Me Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 30, 2015 | D.G. Martin The biggest news for me this year? Not ISIS, not Obamacare, not gay marriage, and not even the... Read More