Character Portrait: Meet Etaf Rum
This novelist based in Rocky Mount is forging her own path through her writing, teaching and a community bookstore and coffee shop.
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The Adventurous Child: Jesse White
This Durham artist and illustrator draws inspiration from her former students and the adventures of her youth.
The Art of Life: Painter Tom Ward
As his body started to deteriorate from ALS, this artist and former marine moved from Durham to Wilmington to live out his life by the beach.
Beads on a String: Will Lee Smith’s New Novel Be her Last?
The Southern author discusses her latest novel, Silver Alert. The 15th book from Smith, it leaves readers with memorable characters.
Novelist Charles Frazier Debuts The Trackers
The best-selling author of Cold Mountain opens up about his latest novel and its similar themes of self discovery.
The Buddy System: Haand Ceramics
Two longtime friends started the successful pottery brand out of Hillsborough, which has collaborated with James Beard Award winning chefs.
Renaissance Man: Bartender, author and advocate Joel Finsel
The Wilmington mixologist makes a mean cocktail — but he’s equally passionate about his nonprofit, Third Person Project.
From Loft to Launch: Boatbuilder Mark Bayne Sends his Work to Sea
This master shipwright and longtime professor at Cape Fear Community College reinvented its wooden boatbuilding program.
Nature in Print: Katie Hayes’ Southern Perspective
Off a two-lane highway in Hillsborough down a gravel road, this artist and printmaker celebrates the South’s natural world.
Shared Lives: Author Judy Goldman Reflects on the Jim Crow South
The author’s new memoir, Child, turns an eye on her relationship with her family’s live-in domestic worker, a Black woman named Mattie Culp.
The Burden and Beauty of Home: Painter William Paul Thomas
This Durham-based artist engages viewers with work that uses color and portraiture to express — and evoke — deep emotions.
One to Watch: Outer Banks Director Jonas Pate
This Raeford-raised film industry veteran has found success — and happiness — with a Netflix show that taps his Southern roots.
Red Clay & Jewels
Jaki Shelton Green, the ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina, captures the beauty and cruelty of humanity her writing.
Salt of the Earth from NC’s Coastline
The couple behind Sea Love Sea Salt, out of Burgaw, built their business around a shared culinary passion.