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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Crawdads — the African connection

Was “Where the Crawdads Sing” set in North Carolina — as both the book and movie assert — ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Meck Dec in fiction

Is the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence fact or fiction? “Meck Dec” is a shorthand term sometimes used to ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Cookbooks that tell stories

What North Carolina cookbook has sold the most copies? If you ask the folks at UNC Press they ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Frank Daniels Jr. — strong to the end

When Frank Daniels Jr. died June 30, people lined up across the state to express admiration and appreciation ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: College reunions take us back in time

While preparing for this month’s 60th reunion of my Davidson College class I thought about a talk I gave ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Roy Cooper for president?

Some people are asking if North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper might be the Democrats’ best presidential candidate in ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Charles Kuralt’s lover’s Montana land

Would you be interested in a new privately published memoir by a Bozeman Montana lawyer titled “Tilting at ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: How did Trump’s endorsements do in North Carolina?

How are we going to use the results of the May 17 primary to measure Donald Trump’s influence ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Keep it short

The next few weeks I bet you will be attending a graduation ceremony — yours or a friend’s ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Books that ‘Bookwatch’ might have featured

What books are you featuring on PBS-NC’s “North Carolina Bookwatch” this season? When I get this question from ... Read more

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