The Search For Hannah Crafts
A new book by Gregg Hecimovich tells the story of the North Carolina native who wrote the first known novel by an African American woman.
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January 2024 Poem: Found Magic
At the start of a new year, this poem points to the wonder of Mother Nature as she changes through the seasons.
The King’s Speech: When MLK Visited NC State’s Campus
In the summer of 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke at Reynolds Coliseum. Recently-discovered footage brings the event into focus.
Give Back Better in the Triangle
Ready to donate your old stuff in 2024? Read this guide first so you can better help our Raleigh-area nonprofits
The Story in Ice: Art and Life in Winter
The unique properties of water make it life-sustaining in the coldest months. And, if you look closely, it creates beautiful patterns.
Book Review: Stepping on the Blender
Raleigh native Katherine Snow Smith’s new book, Stepping on the Blender & Other Times Life Gets Messy, is about coming home again.
Simple Life: A Welcome Loss
Going through a health and wellness change, this columnist unexpectedly learns that sometimes, less really is more.
New Year’s Disillusions: Things I Can Really Stick With
Rather than resolving to do things in 2024, this writer has a list of things not to do.
WALTER’s Top Stories of 2023
From sports to sharks to spots to grab coffee, readers love knowing what makes Raleigh tick. Here are this year’s most-clicked articles.
A Jolly Raleigh Puzzle
Keep an eye out for festive answers that only a local would know in this custom crossword puzzle.
December Poem: Reduced for Quick Sale
These stanzas encourage us to reflect on the real spirit of the holiday and to resist the urge to get carried away with gifts and events.
Simple Life: Let It Snow
Remembrances of little winter miracles over the years.
25 Christmas Eves
A writer reflects on a holiday tradition with humble beginnings that’s grown and flourished — and in some ways, remained the same.
November 2023 Poem: Elsewhere
This poem is dedicated to George Moses Horton, an enslaved poet and the first Black American to publish a book in the South.