N.C. Books News and In-Depth Reporting https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/books/ North Carolina's digital magazine on place and power Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:33:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.theassemblync.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-TA_Mark_Black_Square-32x32.png N.C. Books News and In-Depth Reporting https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/books/ 32 32 210991526 Talking to North Carolina’s Latest Pulitzer Prize Winner https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/native-nations-kathleen-duval-unc/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=48441 UNC-Chapel Hill historian Kathleen DuVal won a Pulitzer Prize for her book Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. ]]>

UNC-Chapel Hill historian Kathleen DuVal won a Pulitzer Prize for her book Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.

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Pride Cometh Before The Fall https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/yancey-county-library-lgbtq-books/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=47788 After a two-year fight over LGBTQ books and displays, Yancey County is pulling its public library out of a regional system.]]>

After a two-year fight over LGBTQ books and displays, Yancey County is pulling its public library out of a regional system.

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Greensboro Bound Book Festival Returns Leaner, Just as Powerful https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/greensboro-bound-book-festival-2025/ Fri, 16 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=46620 Greensboro’s popular book festival returns this weekend — but this year, it looks a little different.]]>

Greensboro’s popular book festival returns this weekend — but this year, it looks a little different.

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‘Unapologetically Who We Are’ https://www.theassemblync.com/business/black-bookstore-greensboro-next-chapter/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=40908 At Greensboro’s Next Chapter, Black stories are centered on and off the page. ]]>

At Greensboro’s Next Chapter, Black stories are centered on and off the page.

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Out of the Lion’s Den https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/religion/cliff-graham-kavod-ministries-franklin-nc/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=40108 A Christian author with a long list of abandoned business deals and unpaid creditors finds a new home for his work in N.C. ]]>

A Christian author with a long list of abandoned business deals and unpaid creditors finds a new home for his work in N.C.

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The Trail of the Political Serpent https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/jesse-helms-carter-wrenn-book/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=31047 Conservative political strategist Carter Wrenn describes his complicated relationship with Sen. Jesse Helms and the infamous "White Hands" ad.]]>

Conservative political strategist Carter Wrenn describes his complicated relationship with Sen. Jesse Helms and the infamous "White Hands" ad.

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Revisiting the Greensboro Massacre 45 Years Later https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/books/revisiting-the-greensboro-massacre-45-years-later/ Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:46:51 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=30097 man and woman stand beside road marker for Greensboro Massacre"The relevance is not just timely but timeless," says the author of a new book about the Greensboro Massacre.]]> man and woman stand beside road marker for Greensboro Massacre

"The relevance is not just timely but timeless," says the author of a new book about the Greensboro Massacre.

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Confessions of a Journalist https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/criminal-justice/confessions-of-a-true-crime-journalist/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:49:12 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=23524 A reporter thought he could trust the police narrative in a murder case. Now he wrestles with the aftermath.]]>

A reporter thought he could trust the police narrative in a murder case. Now he wrestles with the aftermath.

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Time and Tide Times Two https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/books/outer-banks-storms-erosion/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:14:59 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=10013 Two books take on the changing state of the Outer Banks. ]]>

Two books take on the changing state of the Outer Banks. 

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Stamped from 1898 https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/books/stamped-from-1898/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:22:36 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=9568 The New Hanover County School Board is debating whether to remove the book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.]]>

The New Hanover County School Board is debating whether to remove the book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.

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