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Reader photos: beach edition
I’ve really enjoyed the emails, texts, posts on social media and responses from readers about Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate. People have sent me copies of documents and photographs, and in some instances, ideas for future blog posts. I love it, and that’s what I started this blog for — to interact…
Reading more while corona’ed
In my newspaper column this week in The Nashville Graphic, I offered some reading suggestions for folks who are unable to get out. [Note: the newspaper content is free until further notice.] I’m thinking for some folks, these authors might be slightly under the radar, but they shouldn’t be. Of course, high on my list…
Humanities Council Events Coming to Wilson and Rocky Mount
By Michael K. Brantley There are several North Carolina Humanities Council programs coming to the area during the second half of 2019 and I’m proud to be a part of two of the sessions. On August 27 at 5:30 p.m., I’ll be presenting a program about Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who…
Periodic Table of Elements Put to Practical Use
One thing I always try to do with my classes is apply what we’re doing or what I’m trying to teach to “real life.” While not every single has an immediate or specific use in life, I think it helps to know the point of a lesson. I always appreciated it when I was a…
The Oyster Shuckers Song
I had my best meal of oysters ever just a few weeks ago, at a place I plan on writing about here soon. But I came across a piece to share that couldn’t wait. David Cecelski is one of my favorite North Carolina writers. I found him while working on a graduate degree at East…
10 Poems Every North Carolinian Should Read
The North Carolina Writers Network refers to North Carolina as “the writingest state.” That is such a cool tagline. The state has a long history of great writers, from Thomas Wolfe to Ron Rash, O. Henry to Joseph Mitchell, James Boyd to Lee Smith … and on and on. I taught a class at N.C….
Is There A Counterfeiting Epidemic?
By Michael K. Brantley A version of this post first appeared as a column in The Nashville Graphic Like most of America these days, I continually stay vigilant for things that might offend me. There are a growing number of stores these days that insult me when I attempt to pay cash (which is still…
Public Domain Day to “liberate” several works
Several famous works will come into the public domain in 2019 — maybe the most famous among them is Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” I’m not sure why anyone thinks it is a good idea to open someone’s work and allow a free-for-all, but I guess I’ve always been a stickler…
In with the new, out with the old … unfortunately
Hey folks — I appreciate you checking in and following my page. Recently, I switched website hosts (for a number of reasons), and while it seemed the transition went smoothly, there were problems after about a week and all the old content got wiped. I’m going to try to restore some, but I have to…