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Owning the Past For any writer — budding or in full bloom — a great story often begins someplace that’s intimately known   By Wiley Cash When I teach creative writing, whether to [...]

Sleight of Hand Pull these bottles out of your hat at your next cocktail party   By Tony Cross In your lifetime, I’m sure you’ve heard someone say, “Oh, no. I don’t drink (insert tequila, [...]

Cocktails, Anyone? An extra room leads to a great entertainment space By Cynthia Adams   Photographs by Amy Freeman Standing in her family’s home of 20 years, Donna Joyce asked herself a tough [...]

A Generous Voice The distinguished reign of a poet laureate   By Stephen E. Smith I have seen the ones I love leave this world as shadows without wings. The purple martins that come up every [...]

Go Fish! In the swim of things with brilliant, imaginative and elusive Pisces   By Astrid Stellanova Cast a net into the sea of life, and marvel at the roundup of famous Pisceans. As if [...]

“Konk-a-ree!” The call of the red-winged blackbird heralds spring   By Susan Campbell The sound of spring, for some, is the song of the American robin, our melodious and most [...]

Write This Way! Greensboro Bound Literary Festival draws 70 writers to the Gate City in May   By Brian Lampkin The literary history of Greensboro, is well-documented — the very name of this [...]