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The Whole Nation Looks at 3 North Carolina Connected Authors

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 30, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Three recent books with North Carolina connections have gained national recognition. You should certainly know about them. Tim Gautreaux is widely admired in our state’s literary community. For instance, popular Hillsborough...

The Cézanne-like genius of Ben Fountain

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 20, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Before you watch acclaimed author, North Carolina native Ben Fountain, on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch this weekend (Friday at 9:30 p.m. or Sunday at 5 p.m.), you should read Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 New Yorker article...

Doris Betts and Reynolds Price: Filling the empty space

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 28, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Who writes for us now? The question came up again with the death of Doris Betts, the beloved teacher and writer, a few weeks ago, reminding us that we have still not gotten used to a North Carolina without Reynolds Price...

How did God vote on Amendment 1?

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 14, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Where was God in all this, really? North Carolinians heard God speaking in contradictory voices during the weeks leading up to the vote on May 8 when voters approved Amendment 1, which added to the state constitution a provision...

Ben Fountain's long wait brings us the "Catch-22" of the Iraq War

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 8, 2012 | D.G. Martin

What is really going on inside their minds when the soldiers come home? Before they can tell us, the call comes to go back to the Middle East for another long tour. In North Carolina, such brave soldiers and their families...