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Kathryn Hall posted a blog post

Aim for Beauty

In honor of my blog Plant Whatever Brings You Joy's 10th Blogiversary I've posted a chapter from my book Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden. This particular chapter was also excerpted in Fairview's GreenPrints magazine, which was greatly appreciated. Read more here: http://plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com/aim-for-beauty/…See More
Sep 11
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McCrumb ghost-opened world in The Unquiet Grave

McCrumb sees stories behind haunting ghost by Rob NeufeldPHOTO: Sharyn McCrumb and her dog Arthur, 2017.  Photo by Laura Palmer, courtesy, Sharyn McCrumb In “The Unquiet Grave,” Sharyn McCrumb once again demonstrates her mastery at turning a folktale into something larger, different, and greater.The legend of the…See More
Sep 10
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James Vestus Miller

­HISTORIC PHOTO James Vester Miller James Vester Miller had been a boy when his mother, a Rutherfordton slave, had responded to Emancipation by taking her three children to Asheville and getting a job as a cook in a boardinghouse—some say Julia Wolfe’s boardinghouse, Old Kentucky Home.  Growing up, Miller hung…See More
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Dave Minneman, heroic portrait

Dave Minneman and a sense of justiceby Rob NeufeldPHOTO CAPTION: Dave Minneman doing research at Pack Memorial Library.  Photo by author.            “One of the biggest things I did as a kid, in order to escape my father,” Asheville resident Dave Minneman says of his 1960s and 70s rural Indiana childhood, “was…See More
Aug 25
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Dellinger's Mill, Hawk, Mitchell County

Meet the 4th generation miller of a historic millby Rob NeufeldPHOTO CAPTION: Triptych of Dellinger Mill and Jack Dellinger in his mill, showing the hopper, the 1859 waterwheel, bags of cornmeal, and the National Historic Place plaque.  Photos and composition by Henry Neufeld.            I had written about…See More
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FullSizeRender Lexie in the pillows

This is my little Lexie, a chihuahua mix who is tiny but so sweet. Here she is trying to sleep under my pillows. She is a burrower. Makes a great watch dog because she has a fierce bark.
Aug 10
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Tribute to Kathryn Stripling Byer at Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, NC

October 1, 2017 from 2pm to 4pm
On October 1, Sunday afternoon, 2 PM, at Jackson County  Library in the Community Room, NCWN and NCWN-West will honor the late Poet Laureate, Kathryn S. Byer . Everyone is invited to come. We will share her poetry and talk about her achievements and her legacy for writers and poets in NC. If Kay touched your life in some way, come and pay tribute to her. We all miss her and this is a way to share our mourning for losing her and show our appreciation for what she did for us. See More
Aug 10
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WRITERS CIRCLE IN SPRING

"On Saturday, September 9, 10:30 a.m., Richard Kraweic will teach a class at Writers Circle. He will teach how to organize a poetry book for publication. I know I need to learn that lesson. How about you?"
Aug 10
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WRITERS CIRCLE IN SPRING

"We have a memoir class going on now until the first Wednesday in September. Wish you could join us in a class at Writers Circle around the Table."
Aug 10
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East Asheville history and sites

A meaningful tour of East Asheville PHOTO CAPTION: View of Beverly Hills suburb, from a painting by Gibson Catlett that had once hung at subdivision offices.  Courtesy Special Collection, Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville.            I was walking in the Beverly Hills neighborhood the other day and noticed a few…See More
Aug 3
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Interview with Gail Godwin about Grief Cottage

Gail Godwin’s latest crosses a mental boundary by Rob Neufeld Asheville author Gail Godwin, now a Woodstock, NY resident, comes back home here Wed., June 14 to present her new novel, “Grief Cottage” at Malaprop’s Bookstore, 7 p.m. “Grief Cottage” is the story of an orphaned, sensitive, troubled boy, named…See More
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Julia Nunnally Duncan Poetrio reading at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe

August 6, 2017 from 3pm to 4pm
Julia Nunnally Duncan will be a featured Poetrio poet at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café on Sunday, August 6, at 3 p.m. Julia will be reading from her new book A Part of Me. Fred Chappell says of A Part of Me: "Duncan's every reader will be reminded of some person, place, or time important to recall in a quiet hour."See More
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Nancy Werking Poling at Pack Library, downtown Asheville

August 9, 2017 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Nancy Werking Poling will read from her new book, Before It Was Legal: a black-white marriage (1945-1987).The Winters' forty-two-year marriage spanned key historical periods of the 20th century and took them from Indiana to Mexico City. Freed from U.S. racism, Daniel felt "as Mexican as chile verde." Meanwhile, Anna, a reserved white woman who struggled with speaking Spanish, experienced no similar sense of liberation. Before It Was Legal is not a happily-ever-after story, but an honest…See More
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Heroic stories of the homeless

Read about Dave Minneman and a lifelong sense of justice

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Heroic struggles of the homeless

Read the stories of Viola, Jim, and Kirk, told with great spirit and candor

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Asheville tourism past and future

Can we learn from the past and ask the best questions about the future regarding what is perhaps the No. 1 present historical force in our region?

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New George Ellison book

Elizabeth and George Ellison have collaborated on a book, Literary Excursions in the Southern Highlands, that offers a naturalist view of WNC. Read review by clicking on the image. .

Ron Rash's The Risen

Ron Rash's new novel explores buried guilt from the Summer of Love. He's in Asheville Sept. 21; and Sylva, Oct. 1. Read review and interview by clicking on the image. Photo by Kate Vukovich. .

Pre-Civic Center downtown

The Asheville Auditorium, pictured here, opened in 1940, constructed with WPA funding...see what followed by clicking on the image.

Treasures from archives

Pauline Johnson and Roman Blevins present "North Carolina History: From the Archives to the Classroom,” at Mars Hill University, Thurs., February 18, 3 p.m.

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Looking homeward with John Parris

John Parris, the late, beloved "Roaming the Mountains" author, often looked back to his home in Jackson County.

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Getting to know Firestorm

Firestorm Books and Coffee, the only full-service bookstore in West Asheville, is a cooperative that provides insight into anarchism.

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Legendary turkey hunters

Read about outdoorsman/writer Jim Casada's new book, and see chapter about one legendary hunter and renaissance man.

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See the timeline of Asheville and WNC historic events by clicking on photo.

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Vegan Studies Project

Laura Wright, WCU professor, authors a wide-ranging, clear survey of a subject of increasing significance..

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Historic photo

There were whiskey busts after Prohibition in the Thunder Road era, with distillers avoiding exorbitant taxes.

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RT Smith presence at App State

The legendary writer and editor has been placed in a Distinguished Chair at App State. He'll be making his presence known.

Click on photo for history of country club since Swannanoa hunt days.

Former slaves recall slavery

Asheville, 1937: four former slaves recall a past that hurts. Click on photo for more info.

Historic photo

A crowd gathered outside the Asheville Citizen building to follow the scoreboard during the 1923 World Series. Click photo to read background story, see larger image.

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Godwin's kind of ghost

Gail Godwin's latest novel, Grief Cottage, involves a boy for whom the link between the real and the subconscious worlds splits.  Read special interview with author.

WNC sacred site in Hawk

Dellinger's Mill is the longest operating, family-owned, water-powered grist mill in the state.  The mill began operation in 1867 with 1850s machinery carted across the mountains.  Read what Jack Dellinger says.

Appalachian food memory

Brasstown web journalist Tipper writes about apple sauce, chocolate sauce, and food memories.  See more of her contributions.

Nina Simone house

The house in Tryon in which music and civil rights icon Nina Simone grew up has been saved again.  Read more.

Who,who picks the dog out?

(Image of sculpted rabbit is "El Arairah" by Plott Hound finalist Todd Frahm)

The Plott Hound is very important to Waynesville and a family has provided space and money for a statue in its honor there.  It's down to 3 artists.  See the process. 

Hope of citizen science

Mary Ellen Hannibal is author of Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction.  Read about her book and read her essay.

Region and world

  • WCU's Mountain Heritage Center and curator, Ann Miller Woodford, present an exhibit on African-Americans in western WNC, based on Ann’s book, When All God's Children Get Together.  Feb. 19, 3-5 p.m., there's a gospel singing program at Liberty Baptist Church, Sylva.   About program.  About book.
  • UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program's workshops & classes, Spring 2017, beg. mid-February.

Archive of Features

Community and Local History

James Vestus Miller

African-American leader Miller formed Miller & Sons Construction, specializing in churches and commercial buildings.  Read more.

Plott hounds on board

1942: hunters in Haywood County get ready to go chase bear.  Read more.

Job Barnard's Civil War portrait

At age 26, Job Dillingham Barnard enlisted in the Black Mountain Guards at Democrat on July 23, 1861, and was elected 1st Lieutenant.  Job’s maternal grandfather, Absalom Dillingham, had been a first settler of the Big Ivy area.  Read more.

Snake handling, 1985

Charles Prince explained his faith and practice in a 1985 story when the Haywood County sheriff confiscated snakes.  Read more.

See more Community and Local History features.

Events

October 1, 2 p.m., Jackson County  Library, NCWN and NCWN-West honors the late Poet Laureate, Kathryn Stripling Byer. More

Also see Jack Prather's blog; and NCWN remembrance; and look forward to more to enlarge the posterity of Kay, poet and voice of conscience.


                                  

Blog Posts

Aim for Beauty

Posted by Kathryn Hall on September 11, 2017 at 4:33pm

First Woman NC Poet Laureate's Biography

Posted by Jack J. Prather on June 9, 2017 at 12:41pm

Mom's has-been groove in ghost-boy novel

Posted by Short-short Stories & Riddles on June 3, 2017 at 1:00pm

I Have a Coin

Posted by Short-short Stories & Riddles on May 12, 2017 at 8:00am

Hidden Scars - Sam Blackman and Black Mountain College

Posted by Mark de Castrique on May 6, 2017 at 9:00am

How to make a monument Waynesville style

Posted by Rob Neufeld on May 5, 2017 at 4:08pm

Another riddle, since you liked the first so much

Posted by Short-short Stories & Riddles on May 2, 2017 at 12:30pm

A riddle

Posted by Short-short Stories & Riddles on April 30, 2017 at 6:00pm

Becky Stone Presents Maya Angelou

Posted by Rob Neufeld on April 19, 2017 at 9:42pm

Prize-winning YA author Sedgwick at Literacy fundraiser

Posted by Rob Neufeld on April 17, 2017 at 2:30pm

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