/tags/nc-literature NC Literature en-US Copyright Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT /show/due-south/2025-02-11/matter-of-complexion-first-full-biography-nc-author-charles-chesnutt-reconstruction-writer-american-literature The name Charles W. Chesnutt may sound familiar, even if you don't know where to place it. It belongs to the first African American man to be published in The Atlantic Monthly and to break into the all-white American literary establishment. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT /show/due-south/2025-02-11/matter-of-complexion-first-full-biography-nc-author-charles-chesnutt-reconstruction-writer-american-literature Leoneda Inge, Cole del Charco /arts-culture/2019-12-17/poetry-for-the-people-is-everyday-and-divine Fasting from words has changed Alex Grant’s poetry. Touring and selling his craft sickened the award-winning poet, and he left the business seven years… Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:49:50 GMT /arts-culture/2019-12-17/poetry-for-the-people-is-everyday-and-divine Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-17/poetry-for-the-people-is-everyday-and-divine Fasting from words has changed Alex Grant’s poetry. Touring and selling his craft sickened the award-winning poet, and he left the business seven years… Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:49:50 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-17/poetry-for-the-people-is-everyday-and-divine Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-05-15/greensboro-gets-a-book-festival Greensboro will host its first-ever literary festival this weekend. 50 planned events will feature more than 80 writers who are as diverse as the topics… Tue, 15 May 2018 16:03:59 GMT /arts-culture/2018-05-15/greensboro-gets-a-book-festival Frank Stasio, Dana Terry /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-15/greensboro-gets-a-book-festival Greensboro will host its first-ever literary festival this weekend. 50 planned events will feature more than 80 writers who are as diverse as the topics… Tue, 15 May 2018 16:03:59 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-15/greensboro-gets-a-book-festival Frank Stasio, Dana Terry /arts-culture/2017-04-06/reimagining-the-great-gatsby-in-small-town-north-carolina In her debut novel “No One Is Coming To Save Us” (Ecco/2017) Stephanie Powell Watts tells the story of an African-American family living in small-town… Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:04:38 GMT /arts-culture/2017-04-06/reimagining-the-great-gatsby-in-small-town-north-carolina Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-04-06/reimagining-the-great-gatsby-in-small-town-north-carolina In her debut novel “No One Is Coming To Save Us” (Ecco/2017) Stephanie Powell Watts tells the story of an African-American family living in small-town… Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:04:38 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-04-06/reimagining-the-great-gatsby-in-small-town-north-carolina Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio