A local anthology of Raleigh novelists, essayists, poets, who write about their hometown.
... she is the author of four books and many other publications. she writes fiction under the pen name Makuchi. “woman of the lake,” her short story about the 1986 lake Nyos disaster that wiped out entire communities in Cameroon, ...
One was at Brady's, not far from Carlton's Rock Pile. Lots of Carolina students were eating there when we sat down at the counter. ey glowered at us. Mr. Brady grew very exercised but only called the police. When they arrived, Mr. Brady ...
I once found it deranged, my family's concern for a certain brand of lemon floor wax. It had to smell one citric, zesty way when any person first stepped into our front hall. (A single place in Pennsylvania still made it; ...
Around the same time, Dr. Charles Harris was also starting a new job in Durham. He and his colleague, Dr. Ira Smith, founded Harris and Smith Ob-Gyn, and my parents were two of their first clients. Dr. Harris delivered me at Durham ...
Although I have exchanged introductions with a few of my fellow dogwalkers, I mostly recall the names of their animals—Duffy, Miss Ella Fitzgerald, Raya Sunshine, Simon, Moose, Kiya, Gretta, Millie, Pepper, Biscuit, Samson, ...
The book showcases the literary life of one of North Carolina's most popular cities by featuring the works of more than two dozen hometown writers.
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A direct descendant of the legendary courtier offers a new portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, describing his accomplishments as an explorer, diplomat, soldier, pirate, and poet.
Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes has a real best friend for the first time ever, but agonizes over whether or not to tell her a secret she has never shared with anyone--that her mother has been in prison since Ruby was five--and over whether to ...
... Claude, 273, 274 Percy, LeRoy, 260 Percy, Walker (lawyer), 206, 207 Percy, Walker (novelist), 91 Percy, William Alexander, 10, 91, 176, 211 Perkins, Frances, 216 Philadelphia Story, The (Barry), 32 Platt, David, 238 Plessy v.