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Who gets to be remembered in Chapel Hill?

by Jonathan Michels October 8, 2016December 3, 2020
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Looking for truth and family at a Southern university

by Edith Dunlap September 3, 2016December 3, 2020
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The most influential college you've never heard of, why it folded, and why it matters

by Sammy Feldblum August 24, 2016December 3, 2020
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Chatting with Virginia's "dark, drastic" new novelist

by Eric J. Wallace June 22, 2016December 3, 2020
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Race and the great American adventure

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It's time to reconsider Carolina barbecue

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Freedom and Black womanhood in Beyoncé's Lemonade

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Before I let go: on Houston, mental illness, and family

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Poem: Fat Sherri

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Poem: Poor Liam

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Poem: God of the Motorcade

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Marshland: Mythmaking in the Georgia Tidewater

by Sarah Bufkin September 16, 2015December 3, 2020
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Poem: The Mortals

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Poem: 12/28

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Southern Gothic in the 21st century

by Sam Huber August 26, 2015December 3, 2020
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Poem: Wilmington 1898

by Rajeev Rajendran July 7, 2015December 3, 2020
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Poem: Sunday on Key Largo

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