In his book of essays Inciting Joy, Ross Gay writes, “…we often think of joy as meaning “without pain,” or “without sorrow,” “[but] …what if joy needs sorrow?” In these… Read More →
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2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lecture with Tressie McMillan Cottom
2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize recipient, Tressie McMillan Cottom, will give a reading on Tuesday, September 30 at 7:30pm in Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall on UNC-CH campus. Dr. Tressie McMillan… Read More →
Beyond Spring Cleaning: Confronting the Strange Magic of Personal Possessions
Many of us have been—or will be—called upon to clean out the home of a loved one or cull our own possessions when moving or downsizing. When the antique-dealer parents… Read More →




