D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

One on One: Best-Selling Crawdads

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 20, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

North Carolina likes to be number one — at everything. We declare ourselves to be “First in...

One on One: A Book About Black People, Not White Racism

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 13, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square, Uncategorized

Elizabeth City native De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s debut novel, “In West Mills” might be the...

One on One: Joe Biden’s Already Been Here

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 6, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

When are the 20-plus Democratic presidential candidates going to come to North Carolina? We are...

One on One: The Scott Family – Part 2

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 29, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Mountains of bitter controversies in the areas of race, labor, student unrest, and higher...

One on One: The Scotts

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 22, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

The Scott family. Too much for one book. Too much for one column. Five years ago, in “The Political Career of W. Kerr Scott: The Squire from Haw River,” Julian Pleasants chronicled the exceptional life of the only governor of...

One on One: A New Way to Look at The Civil War

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 15, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

“I surrender.” In wartime, these words admit defeat and put the speaker in the custody...

One on One: Freedom Fighters and Hell Raisers

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 8, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Who is the best North Carolina-based political columnist? Lots of people would say, “Hal Crowther,...

One on One: Cooper’s Wall

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 1, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Will Gov. Roy Cooper have a wall this summer? Could it be something like Donald Trump’s wall on the Mexican border that he promised to build? Do you remember how he said he would veto the emergency spending bill unless it...