D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

One on One: Blowing Rock and Korea in 1950

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 19, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Count on Ron Rash to take his readers on a trip back in time, usually to some place in North Carolina. His latest book, “The Caretaker,” mostly takes place in and around the mountain town of Blowing Rock in 1950.

One on One: Losing Great Poets

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 12, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Fred Chappell, former North Carolina Poet Laureate and longtime professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. died on January 4 at age 87. To celebrate his contributions, I have revised a column I wrote in 2009 about his book of short stories, “Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories.”

One on One: Jill McCorkle Does It Again

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 5, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Jill McCorkle takes ordinary people, puts them in common situations, and makes extraordinary stories. She has done it again in her latest collection of short stories, “Old Crimes and Other Stories.”

One on One: A Diner in New York and North Carolina Roadside Eateries

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 29, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

What does Old John’s, a diner on the Upper West Side of New York City, have to do with North Carolina? Staying true to a nostalgic ideal.

One on One: George Washington’s Failures — Stepping Stones to Success

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 22, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Is George Washington’s birthday on your February calendar? February 22. Officially the third Monday in February is when we celebrate Presidents Day and honor Washington, Abraham Lincoln, who was born on February 12, and all the other presidents whenever they were born.

One on One: Have the Ukrainians Already Won?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 15, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Arguably, the Ukrainians have already won their country’s battle with Putin’s Russia — if we don’t make them give up that victory.

One on One: Haley, Christie and Lincoln on the Causes of the Civil War

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 8, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Nikki Haley’s stumbling should remind us that, while the existence of slavery and the controversies that arose about it were important factors leading to the Civil War, there is much more to it.