Leading a small army of slaves, Nat Turner was a man born with a mission: to set the captives free. When words failed, he ignited an uprising that left over fifty whites dead. In the predawn hours of August 22, 1831, Nat Turner stormed into his

NC Bookwatch | Sharon Foster The Resurrection of Nat Turner Part One: The Witnesses

Jan 20th, 2012 27m 10s

NC Bookwatch | John Woestendiek - Dog, Inc

Jan 20th, 2012 27m 10s

It all began with a pit bull named Booger. Former Miss Wyoming Bernann McKinney was so distraught over the death of her dog, whom she regarded as her guardian and savior, that she paid $50,000 to RNL Bio for the chance to bring her beloved comp

NC Bookwatch | Alan Shapiro Broadway Baby

Jan 20th, 2012 27m 10s

As a little girl growing up in Boston, Miriam Bluestein fantasized about a life lived on stage, specifically in a musical. Get married, have a family—sure, maybe she’d do those things, too, but first and foremost there was her career. As a woma

NC Bookwatch | Ruth Moose- Rules and Secrets

Jan 20th, 2012 27m 10s

Ruth Moose has taught creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill since l996. Author of two books of short stories, The Wreath Ribbon Quilt (St. Andrews Press) and Dreaming in Color (August House) as well as five other poetry collections, her poems and

NC Bookwatch | Lloyd Kramer - Nationalism in Europe and America

Dec 13th, 2011 27m 10s

D.G. Martin interviews Lloyd Kramer, author of Nationalism in Europe and America.

NC Bookwatch | Jeffrey Deaver - Carte Blanche

Nov 30th, 2011 27m 10s

D.G. Martin interviews Jeffrey Deaver, author of the new James Bond novel "Carte Blanche."

NC Bookwatch | Clyde Edgerton - The Night Train

Nov 18th, 2011 27m 10s

In 1963, at the age of 17, Dwayne Hallston discovers James Brown and wants to perform just like him. Meanwhile, Dwayne's forbidden black friend Larry aspires to play piano like Thelonius Monk. In THE NIGHT TRAIN, Edgerton's trademark humor re

NC Bookwatch | Jane Borden - I Totally Meant To Do That

Nov 11th, 2011 27m 10s

Jane Borden is a hybrid: a hipster-debutante. She was reared in a proper Southern home in Greensboro, sent to boarding school in Virginia, and then went on to join a sorority in Chapel Hill. She next moved to New York and discovered that none o

NC Bookwatch | Andrea Reusing - Cooking in the Moment

Nov 4th, 2011 27m 10s

Andrea Reusing - Cooking in the Moment. For Andrea Reusing - an award-winning chef, a leader in the sustainable agriculture movement, and a working mother - “cooking in the moment” simply means focusing on one meal at a time. Cooking in the Mo

North Carolina Bookwatch | Nicholas Sparks - Best of Me

Oct 28th, 2011 27m 10s

D. G. Martin interviews Nicholas Sparks - Best of MeIn the fall of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seeme

North Carolina Bookwatch | Charles Frazier - Nightwoods

Oct 24th, 2011 27m 10s

D. G. Martin interviews Charles Frazier - Nightwoods The extraordinary author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moons returns with a dazzling new novel of suspense and love set in small-town North Carolina in the early 1960s.Charles Frazier pu

North Carolina Bookwatch | Robyn Hadley - Within View, Within Reach

Oct 14th, 2011 27m 10s

D. G. Martin interviews Robyn Hadley - Within View, Within Reach: Navigating the College-Bound Journey - More than twenty-five years after being offered admission and full scholarships to Duke University, Harvard University and the University