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Feb 04 2021

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 recognized author of seventeen children’s books and respected advocate for Black children’s book creators through The Brown Bookshelf—is stepping into the leadership role of the Piedmont… Read More →

Posted by Emilie Menzel · Categorized: Featured, Monthly Features, This Human Way · Tagged: childrens literature, Kelly Starling Lyons, piedmont laureate, This Human Way, writer

Jan 25 2021

How UNC’s “Pit Poet” wants to preach a different message


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: Ben Goldman, Daily Tar Heel, UNC Chapel Hill, writer

Jan 08 2021

This Human Way: Reinvigorating Theater with Playwright Gage Tarlton


—Article by Emilie Menzel Gage Tarlton wants you to know that the world of contemporary theater is bustling with innovation, and you should join. He’s a playwright from Chapel Hill rethinking theater accessibility, writing about intersecting Southern and queer identities, and working from a palpable love of the theater community. The Backstory What do you do… Read More →

Posted by Emilie Menzel · Categorized: Featured, Monthly Features · Tagged: chapel hill, Gage Tarlton, Playwright, theater, writer, writing

Apr 29 2019

Just My Type – An Ode to the Typewriter


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: Literature, Our state, Steven Petrow, writer

Aug 01 2017

Vitamin O: Emily Buehler on bikes, bread, and books


“It’s a bike, made out of bread, coming out of a book and taking flight. So that’s my life in a nutshell,” tweeted Emily Buehler in May 2017, essentially writing her own dose of Vitamin O. The tweet, describing a bread sculpture tribute to the Wright Brothers, distills Emily’s career journey and personal transformation. After… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured, Monthly Features, Vitamin O · Tagged: Author, Baking, Emily Buehler, vitamin o, writer

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