Tara Laskowski (dot com)
My wife, Tara, has just finished her year as the Kathy Fish Fellow at SmokeLong Quarterly; her final story for […]
Literary News
Reviews/Recommendations
The Book Studio at WETA
I’ve just recently (and belatedly) discovered The Book Studio, an online review and interview site hosted by WETA, Washington, DC’s
Film & Theater, Mysteries/Thrillers, North Carolina Literature, Reviews/Recommendations, Southern Literature
Best of the Decade? (Five Books, Five Movies)
I’m not the best at Top 10 lists — partly because my reading and viewing habits are less comprehensive than
Writing
New Year’s Resolutions (a little end-of-the-year navel-gazing)
Earlier this decade — on December 29, 2000, in fact — the News and Observer in Raleigh featured me in
North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature
New Food, New Music
Two of the most distinguished magazines on the South — The Oxford American and Southern Cultures — are offering up
N.C. Events, North Carolina Literature, Poetry
Kathryn Stripling Byer at “How A Poem Happens”
The wonderful website “How A Poem Happens” talks with N.C. Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer this week about her poem
North Carolina Literature, Reviews/Recommendations, Southern Literature
Short Takes: “New Stories From The South”
One of my favorite books each year is the newest edition of the New Stories From the South series from
Mysteries/Thrillers
NYT Praises UNC-W Grad’s Second Thriller
Marilyn Stasio’s latest crime column gives high marks to The Long Division, the second novel from UNC-Wilmington graduate Derek Nikitas. “Nikitas
N.C. Events, North Carolina Literature
N.C. Events: David Wroblewski, Larry Tise & Fred Chappell
This weekend’s big visitor to Triangle area bookstores is David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, which earned
Interviews, Poetry
Charles Jensen on “The First Risk”
Charles Jensen is the author of three poetry chapbooks, including Living Things, which won the 2006 Frank O’Hara Chapbook Award; the
N.C. Events, Southern Literature
N.C. Events: The Lee Bros. & More
Matt and Ted Lee aren’t just a southern sensation; they’re a national one, thanks to regular appearances in Travel +
N.C. Events, Writing
N.C. Events: Writers’ Network Conference
The North Carolina Writers’ Network‘s annual Fall Conference remains the one must-attend event for writers — especially aspiring writers —