D.G. Martin

This column was supposed to be easy and quick. It was to be a short summary of books that would...

“The Savage South” is an image that retired UNC-Chapel Hill Lineberger Professor of the Humanities...

Are you a dingbatter? This word is used by local people in Ocracoke, referring to the crowds of...

Do you remember what a “segregation scholarship” is – or was? “A Forgotten Migration: Black...

In Chapel Hill, the past few days have been mostly not about graduation, but about Bill Belichik, the new Carolina football coach, his multi-million-dollar contract, his success as coach of the New England Patriots football team, and his new book,

In their article in the April 28 New York Times and in The Athletic, the writers Elise Devlin, Doug Haller, and Jayson Jenks ask “What makes Stephen Curry a leader? 

In February, I wrote a column on Rob Christensen’s book about the Raleigh News and Observer, “Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century.

“The Book of Flaco: The World’s Most Famous Bird” by David Gessner tells the story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who, after13 years confinement, escaped from Central Park Zoo on February 2, 2023, when his cage was vandalized.

“The Fabulous Ordinary” is the perfect title of Georgann Eubanks’ new book. Its full title is “The...

Jane Borden’s new book “Cults Like Us: Why Cults Are As American As Apple Pie” has us thinking...