Articles Tagged with #northcarolina
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Birnbaum V.
Ron Rash, Redux
Our man in Boston talks with writer Ron Rash about his latest book, America’s great regional voices, the high percentage of readers in New Zealand and Australia, and the misery that accompanies putting a novel together, where it’s rather more fun to stick pencils in your eyes.
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Late Night Sports Radio
Homage to Terrence Malick, Part Two
This morning I went to the Old Town Country Kitchen in Bath to get something to eat. Bath has a population of 268. It was the first incorporated town in North...
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Local News
On the Beat
In a North Carolina mountain town, the cops are good old boys, the sheriff’s a teddy bear, and the chief conducts drug raids in his head. All of which spells nothing good for a Mexican caught with a carful of guns, or for the town’s “Cop Beat” reporter.
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Late Night Sports Radio
Everyone Gets a Go
Rob in Bayside: “I have a friend who moved to North Carolina and every day he texts me or emails me saying, ‘Why can’t Teixeira hit...
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Late Night Sports Radio
Homage to Terrence Malick
Today the population of the surrounding Hyde County is about half of what it measured in the 1900 census, the farming and fishing industries are nothing like they once were. What...
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Late Night Sports Radio
Everyone’s Relative
11:57 p.m. I’m sitting in my home office listening to WFAN out of New York City. The brilliant Steve Somers is hosting. For much of two...
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Late Night Sports Radio
Voices in the Country
I’m in rural Chatham County, NC, with three acres, heavy woods with eight kinds of trees, and a creek. Crickets, cicadas, and tree frogs are chiming—the...
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To Live Like This Is to Be Happy Forever
Tread Lightly, Boys
When a cookout on holy ground turns into a rescue mission, you quickly figure out who your friends are.
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To Live Like This Is to Be Happy Forever
Third and Goal
For the Aurora High School Rattlers, homecoming was a chance to show the crosstown rivals who was boss. Too bad Sloat Tatum found himself distracted when the cleats hit the field.
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To Live Like This Is to Be Happy Forever
Go Down, Maw Maw
A grandmother’s gift should not be undervalued, especially when it’s delivered from beyond the grave.
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To Live Like This Is to Be Happy Forever
Seventeen Thousand Gallons Will Find Its Way Out
In the heat of a Carolina summer, nothing’s better than a nice swim, assuming the pool doesn’t explode.
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To Live Like This Is to Be Happy Forever
A Knot in the Old Family Tree
When you’re looking to replace the radiator for a V-8 engine, it can help to have cousins you can count on. The tale of a risky family connection.