—Article by Emilie Menzel In 2017, the world had grown too steady for Sia Yazdanfar. His work was stable, his home in Hillsborough comfortable, and his sense of personal growth… Read More →
This Human Way
This Human Way: Carrboro Cartoonist Max Huffman Inks a Wry New Comic Collection
—article by Emilie Menzel In Carrboro cartoonist Max Huffman’s comics, a quick, wry, referential humor bops across the panels. The dialogue’s snarky and glib, the tempo happy to spin you…. Read More →
This Human Way: The Poetic Curator, Fred Joiner
—Article by Emilie Menzel Many of you are perhaps already familiar with Fred Joiner’s written forms of poetry. Since 2019, he’s served as Carrboro’s poet laureate, bringing poetry into the… Read More →
This Human Way: Charlie Dupee’s Reclaiming Kitsch
—article by Emilie Menzel You’ve surely seen those kitsch ceramic figurines before—above your grandmother’s fireplace, in a Hallmark aisle, or in the corner of a thrift store. You can find them… Read More →
This Human Way: As She Sings She Writes, with Kelly Starling Lyons
Back straight, head high, heart and mouth open, she sang. Lift ev’ry voice and sing. (from Sing a Song, by Kelly Starling Lyons) —article by Emilie Menzel Kelly Starling Lyons—nationally… Read More →
