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"Going Away Shoes"
Tuesday, February 09 2010
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
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Author Jill McCorkle is part of the generation of writers who have defined contemporary Southern literature. Her early heroines were wise-cracking ambitious young ladies who grew into wise-cracking ambitious women. Her newest short story collection is called “Going Away Shoes,” and it features a long, deep look at what happens to those plucky Southern women when they hit middle age. Jill McCorkle stops by to read from her latest collection and reflect on the writing life of a Southern woman.
Meet the Taylor Women
Monday, February 08 2010
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
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Kate Taylor is a member of a famous musical family from North Carolina. A new documentary features songs from her latest CD and footage of her growing up in Chapel Hill with brothers Livingston, Hugh, Alex and James. The documentary, “Kate Taylor: Tunes from the Tipi and Other Songs From Home,” is screening on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill tomorrow night and will be followed by a performance by Kate Taylor. In advance of that, three generations of Taylors: sister Kate along with her daughter, Liz Witham, and her mother, Trudy Taylor, join host Frank Stasio to talk about the lasting impact their time in North Carolina has had on the family and its music.
Schooner
Friday, February 05 2010
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
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Carrboro-based band Schooner's new EP, "Duck Kee Sessions" is available only as a digital download from Cytunes.org. The music downloading site is dedicated to the memory of the beloved local musician Cy Rawls, who died of brain cancer in 2008. Al l proceeds from Cytunes go to brain cancer research. Schooner joins host Frank Stasio to discuss life, loss and how their sound has evolved on their latest release.
"Who Was This Man?"
Friday, February 05 2010
by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas
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Al Letson is the host of the Public Radio Exchange program "The State of the Re: Union." The show captures glimpses of American life as it travels from state-to-state to document interesting people and events. For Black History Month, Letson and his team assembled a special program featuring the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin. Rustin was a civil rights activist, community organizer and a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rustin was also a Quaker and a homosexual and an outsider within the African-American community. His influence on the non-violence movement that King encouraged is undisputed, but Rustin's story is often left out of the narrative of the Civil Rights Era. Letson joins host Frank Stasio to talk about the special on Rustin, called "Who Was This Man?," which will air on WUNC this weekend.
Existed
Friday, February 05 2010
by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas
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Leonardo Drew, “Number 8” | weatherspoon.uncg.edu
The work of visual artist Leonardo Drew is being honored at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro with a mid-career retrospective of his pieces called "Existed." Drew is well-known for his large-scale, mixed media sculptures that include materials like paper, cotton, wood, rust, and even bones. He joins host Frank Stasio to talk about being inspired to create by the cycle of nature and the joy and burden of having a famous namesake.
Wilderness and the American Mind
Thursday, February 04 2010
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
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After witnessing an oil spill in California , environmental philosopher Roderick Nash started a movement. His efforts are the foundation for the discipline of environmental studies, and his book, “Wilderness and the American Mind,” is one of the field’s most important texts. Roderick Nash, Professor Emeritus of History and the Environmental Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, joins host Frank Stasio to discuss the meaning of wilderness and the rights of nature.
This is an edited version of a conversation that originally broadcast on November 3, 2009. Listen to the full interview here:
Septima Clark
Thursday, February 04 2010
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
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Long before the marches on Washington , bus boycotts and sit-ins, Septima Clark was an activist in the black freedom struggle. She taught people to read, then to vote, then to hold elected officials accountable. Clark is best remembered for the citizenship schools she founded, which were later adopted by MLK Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference and credited with training thousands of community activists. Katherine Mellen Charron, assistant professor of history at N.C. State University, tells Clark’s personal and political story in her new book, “Freedom’s Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark” (UNC Press/2009) and joins host Frank Stasio for a conversation about the long legacy of black women’s educational activism.
This is an edited version of a conversation that originally broadcast on November 19, 2009. Listen to the full interview here:
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