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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...

NC Democrats – Following a Lead and Finding a Leader

Posted by D.G. Martin | Dec 24, 2012 | D.G. Martin

How are the North Carolina Democratic Party and the National Republican Party alike? That is easy. Both lost elections this fall and do not know what to do about it. It is particularly humiliating for North Carolina Democrats....

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...

Hillsborough author’s book is 'superior' to 'The Help'

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

“…‘The Dry Grass of August’ is a superior book to ‘The Help,’ even if it doesn’t sell three million copies.” So writes Christina Bucher in the North Carolina Literary Review about “The Dry Grass of August.” Hillsborough’s...

One more year of believing

Posted by D.G. Martin | Dec 19, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What does my brief appearance last month on stage in “The Murphey School Radio Show” have to do with Christmas memories? It is a little bit of a long story, starting with the confession that for a long time I wanted to be a...

North Carolina books for summer reading

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 14, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Summer is here. Are there some North Carolina books in your summer reading book bag? If not, here are some possibilities from authors who will be featured on upcoming programs on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch. Rachel, the...

North Carolina books for spring reading

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 3, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What should I be reading this spring? Some of you know that I get this question from my friends each year when the weather starts to warm up. And, you remember, I often respond with a list of a variety of books, each of which...

Legislative trading and sausage making

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 26, 2011 | D.G. Martin

“If someone ties a love note to a nuclear bomb, do you take ‘em both?” That was State Senate Minority Leader Martin Nesbitt, a Democrat, complaining about the legislature’s Republican majority tying a controversial budget cut...

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