DG Martin

When you’re talking with DG Martin, you’re talking to a veteran, lawyer, politician, administrator and author. DG’s been around the block a few times and you’ll hear his conversations with guests practically guaranteed to provide some of the most interesting back-and-forth you’ll hear all weekend.

One on One: The Claiborne Brothers of Charlotte

by D.G. Martin | Mar 4, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

The Claiborne brothers of Charlotte — Jack and Slug When I lived in Charlotte during the final days of the last century, two of the most important people there had the last name of Claiborne. Jack Claiborne wrote charming and provocative columns and important news...

One on One: Lefty Driesell, in His Own Words

by D.G. Martin | Feb 26, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Coach Lefty Driesell died on February 17. I wanted to honor him now, but I have written so many columns about him, I thought it might be a better idea to let him speak for himself.

February 24, 2024

by Staff | Feb 24, 2024 | Who's Talking

97.9 The Hill WCHL is airing conversations with Coach Lefty Driesell, who died recently. He was the legendary basketball coach at four different colleges, Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, and Georgia State, all of which he took to the NCAA tournament, about Maryland’s exit from the ACC and his memories of the great games against UNC and Duke

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One on One: Blowing Rock and Korea in 1950

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.

February 17, 2024

by Aaron Johnson | Feb 17, 2024 | Who's Talking

Chapel Hill’s and Carolina Meadow’s Dr. Vince Tollers, retired Distinguished Service Professor of English at SUNY College at Brockport, New York, talks about humor in the Bible.

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One on One: Losing Great Poets

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

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.”