D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

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...

Charles Frazier talks about Nightwoods (paperback June 12)

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 26, 2012 | D.G. Martin

“No writer today crafts more exquisite sentences than Charles Frazier. The North Carolina native is famous for ‘Cold Mountain,’ his best-selling and critically acclaimed 1997 debut novel about the Civil War.…...

Facing the college challenges: Getting in and paying for it

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

By pricing college out of reach to many American families and loading up students with burdensome debt, is our country breaking the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights? Article 26 of that Declaration provides in part...

425 years apart, two real estate promoters pick the same spots

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 21, 2012 | D.G. Martin

What does a resort real estate sales brochure have to do with Sir Walter Raleigh and with the Lost Colony that disappeared from North Carolina’s coastland 425 years ago? The colorful brochure that was delivered to my house last...

Great reviews for Baldwin’s new book; brings back buzz for his first

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 16, 2012 | D.G. Martin

While we were getting ready for out primary elections last week, the people of France elected a new president. Out with Nicolas Sarkozy, in with the Socialist Francois Hollande. Who can explain to us what it means and why we...

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...

The last three inhabitants of Yaupon Island

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 3, 2012 | D.G. Martin

What do North Carolina pirates and the daughter of Thomas Jefferson’s vice president have in common? They are both an important part of North Carolina author Michael Parker’s recent book, “The Watery Part of the World.” Aaron...

Amendment One to Obama's rescue

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 30, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Amendment One. Whether it wins or loses, the effort to defeat it could be a crucial factor in a successful outcome for the Obama campaign in North Carolina this fall. Prospects for the effort to defeat the proposed marriage...

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...

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