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12 Recent Books by North Carolina Authors

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2 years ago

August 21, 2024

12 Recent Books by North Carolina Authors

Hello, friends!

It has been a couple of years since I have written you a book column, as my family and I were on a two-year long vacation in the Rocky Mountains. We are back in North Carolina, where I have accepted a position as General Manager at Page 158 Books in Wake Forest (one of several great bookstores in the Triangle, as you know).

To celebrate, I’d like to highlight a dozen recent books by North Carolina authors (in alphabetical order by author). You can purchase the books (and support a local community bookstore, Page 158 Books, in the process) by clicking on the titles.

Western Alliances by Wilton Barnhardt ($29.00, St. Martin’s Press)

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This fantastic novel by one of North Carolina’s longtime literary legends lives at the crossroads of HBO’s Succession and W.G. Sebald. Western Alliances follows a troubled rich family through Europe during the 2008 financial crisis. Wilton Barnhardt is one of our best satirical writers, and Western Alliances shows him at the top of his game.

Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud ($17.99, TOR Nightfire)

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Asheville’s Nathan Ballingrud gives us one of the best horror novella’s of 2024 with Crypt of the Moon Spider. The story, which is the first of a trilogy, takes place in 1923 in an institution for the melancholy on the dark side of the moon, providing a tremendous glimpse into mental health practices of the 1920s. For fans of Frankenstein, Edgar Allen Poe and the pulpy shock-novels of last century. Arachnophobes should tread lightly.

a little bump in the earth by Tyree Daye ($22.00, Copper Canyon Press)

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Tyree Daye, a former student of Dorianne Laux (who will make an appearance further down this list) is one of our greatest young living poets, and North Carolina should not take him for granted. He has won a Whiting Writers Award and an APR/Honickman First Book Prize, and was a finalist for the Kate Tufts Award. This collection is one of his finest.

Indigo Field by Marjorie Hudson ($22.95, Regal House Publishing)

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Indigo Field by award-winning author Marjorie Hudson is a novel about grief, history, and how seemingly disparate lives can intersect in cataclysmic ways. Bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd says “”Indigo Field brims with multigenerational drama, earthy spirituality, and deeply imagined characters you are unlikely to forget. In tightly compressed, poetic language, Hudson weaves a mesmerizing story of loss, injustice, and revenge conspiring to darken the human heart—and the redemptive and unexpected ways the light comes in.”

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher ($19.99, TOR Nightfire)

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New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher just won a 2024 Hugo Award for best novella (for Thornhedge), and her newest novel What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier #2) is equally worthy of recognition. This novel is for fans of “The Fall of the House of Usher” and fans of scary stories that take place in the woods. T. Kingfisher ‘s bio says she lives in North Carolina with her husband, dogs and chickens who may or may not be possessed.

Finger Exercises for Poets by Dorianne Laux ($17.99, W.W. Norton and Company)

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Dorianne Laux is a long-time staple of North Carolina State University’s Creative Writing faculty and though she has retired from the University and moved to California, we still claim her. Laux has been the recipient of the Paterson Poetry Prize, three Best American Poetry Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. This latest book gifts us with craft essays and exercises for poets.

Shae by Mesha Maren ($28.00, Algonquin Books)

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Just like Tyree Daye is one of our greatest young living poets, Mesha Maren is one of our greates young living novelists. Her previous novels, Sugar Run and Perpetual West, were two of the best novels of their respective years, and Shae is Maren’s greatest effort to date. Maren’s novels live at the intersection of Flannery O’Connor, Herper Lee and Roberto Bolaño. Mesha Maren is an Associate Professor of the Practice of English at Duke University.

A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999 by Tom Maxwell ($30.00, Hachette Books)

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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time documents what, before the present day, was likely the best time for local indie and alternative rock & roll acts in North Carolina. The scene from 1989-1999 in Chapel Hill produced many iconic acts, including Ben Folds Five, Bicycle Face, Polvo, Zen Frisbee, Superchunk, Metal Flake Mother and Squirrel Nut Zippers (author Tom MAxwell was a member of the latter two acts). This book is a great documentation of a hyper-local music scene, the likes of which we may never see again in the age of digital streaming.

Old Crimes by Jill McCorkle ($27.00, Algonquin Books)

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Former North Carolina State University Creative Writing faculty member and North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame author Jill McCorkle is a master of her craft, and Old Crimes is her best collection yet. You will marvel at McCorkle’s tightrope act as she introduces you to her characters, lulling you into impressions of who they are and the lives they are leaving before slapping you in the phase with Joycean revelations and epiphanies. If you haven’t read Jill McCorkle yet, you are doing yourself a disservice.

Oh, Didn’t They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music by David Menconi ($28.00, University of North Carolina Press)

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David Menconi is one of the best documentarians of North Carolina musical history, having previously given us Step It Up and Go, the best history of popular North Carolina music to date, and a biography of the dramatic and problematic troubadour Ryan Adams. In Oh, Didn’t They Ramble (which features a foreward by Robert Plant), Menconi gives us a fascinating history of an important record label, and a story of a couple of superfans of folk music who learned the music business and thrived like few can.

Evil Eye by Etaf Rum ($30.00, Harper)

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Fresh off the success of her debut novel A Woman Is No Man, New York Times bestselling author Etaf Rum gives us “a moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth” (Tara Conklin). Evil Eye was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, and it is also a favorite of the staff at Page 158 Books.

This Isn’t Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew by Daniel Wallace ($18.99, Algonquin Books)

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UNC professor Daniel Wallace is a fantastic author and an even greater person. This Isn’t Going to End Well is his first memoir, and it is the memoir I didn’t know I wanted, but the exact book that I needed. It is about the oftentimes uncatalogued demons that lie under the skin of those who we think we know best, and ultimately, about how we should not remember our loved ones for the way they died, but for the way they lived. This Isn’t Going to End Well is one of the best memoirs of the 2020s.

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NC Lottery Pick 3 Day, Pick 3 Evening results for June 28, 2026

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6 hours ago

June 29, 2026

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The NC Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.

Here’s a look at Sunday, June 28, 2026 results for each game:

Winning Pick 3 numbers from June 28 drawing

Day: 2-0-8, Fireball: 7

Evening: 4-1-9, Fireball: 1

Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Pick 4 numbers from June 28 drawing

Day: 7-7-6-5, Fireball: 4

Evening: 8-6-1-5, Fireball: 0

Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash 5 numbers from June 28 drawing

06-08-11-16-37

Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Double Play numbers from June 28 drawing

02-03-10-15-39

Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from June 28 drawing

04-11-31-54-58, Bonus: 03

Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.

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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize

All North Carolina Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599.

For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at North Carolina Lottery Offices. By mail, send a prize claim form, your signed lottery ticket, copies of a government-issued photo ID and social security card to: North Carolina Education Lottery, P.O. Box 41606, Raleigh, NC 27629. Prize claims less than $600 do not require copies of photo ID or a social security card.

To submit in person, sign the back of your ticket, fill out a prize claim form and deliver the form, along with your signed lottery ticket and government-issued photo ID and social security card to any of these locations:

Asheville Regional Office & Claim Center: 16-G Regent Park Blvd., Asheville, NC 28806, 877-625-6886 press #1. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
Greensboro Regional Office & Claim Center: 20A Oak Branch Drive, Greensboro, NC 27407, 877-625-6886 press #2. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
Charlotte Regional Office & Claim Center: 5029-A West W. T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28269-1861, 877-625-6886 press #3. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
NC Lottery Headquarters: Raleigh Claim Center & Regional Office, 2728 Capital Blvd., Suite 144, Raleigh, NC 27604, 877-625-6886 press #4. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes of any amount.
Greenville Regional Office & Claim Center: 2790 Dickinson Avenue, Suite A, Greenville, NC 27834, 877-625-6886 press #5. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
Wilmington Regional Office & Claim Center: 123 North Cardinal Drive Extension, Suite 140, Wilmington, NC 28405, 877-625-6886 press #6. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.

Check previous winning numbers and payouts at https://nclottery.com/.

When are the North Carolina Lottery drawings held?

Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 11 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
Lucky for Life: 10:38 p.m. daily.
Pick 3, 4: 3:00 p.m. and 11:22 p.m. daily.
Cash 5: 11:22 p.m. daily.
Millionaire for Life: 11:15 p.m. daily.

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Duke’s Grayson Allen returns to North Carolina after trade from Suns

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16 hours ago

June 28, 2026

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Duke’s Grayson Allen returns to North Carolina after trade from Suns

After four years at Duke, Grayson Allen is back in North Carolina, now a member of the Charlotte Hornets.

Former Blue Devil Grayson Allen will play home games in North Carolina for the first time in his professional career after four years at Duke. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Allen is on the move to the Charlotte Hornets after three seasons with the Phoenix Suns.

Allen was traded alongside Royce O’Neale and draft capital in return for Miles Bridges and draft picks. Allen was at Duke from 2014 to 2018, earning an NCAA championship and two All-ACC selections.

With Allen now a member of the Hornets, this will create a Duke trio in Charlotte, which includes Allen, Kon Knueppel and Sion James.

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NC Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Day results for June 27, 2026

Published

1 day ago

June 28, 2026

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The NC Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.

Here’s a look at Saturday, June 27, 2026 results for each game:

Winning Powerball numbers from June 27 drawing

03-16-28-30-59, Powerball: 11, Power Play: 2

Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Pick 3 numbers from June 27 drawing

Day: 7-6-8, Fireball: 2

Evening: 3-1-0, Fireball: 4

Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Pick 4 numbers from June 27 drawing

Day: 8-0-2-2, Fireball: 9

Evening: 8-1-5-3, Fireball: 0

Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash 5 numbers from June 27 drawing

02-08-10-17-28

Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Double Play numbers from June 27 drawing

01-02-15-25-36

Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from June 27 drawing

26-32-38-51-52, Bonus: 05

Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.

Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results

Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize

All North Carolina Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599.

Asheville Regional Office & Claim Center: 16-G Regent Park Blvd., Asheville, NC 28806, 877-625-6886 press #1. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
Greensboro Regional Office & Claim Center: 20A Oak Branch Drive, Greensboro, NC 27407, 877-625-6886 press #2. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
Charlotte Regional Office & Claim Center: 5029-A West W. T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28269-1861, 877-625-6886 press #3. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
NC Lottery Headquarters: Raleigh Claim Center & Regional Office, 2728 Capital Blvd., Suite 144, Raleigh, NC 27604, 877-625-6886 press #4. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes of any amount.
Greenville Regional Office & Claim Center: 2790 Dickinson Avenue, Suite A, Greenville, NC 27834, 877-625-6886 press #5. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.
Wilmington Regional Office & Claim Center: 123 North Cardinal Drive Extension, Suite 140, Wilmington, NC 28405, 877-625-6886 press #6. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $99,999.

Check previous winning numbers and payouts at https://nclottery.com/.

When are the North Carolina Lottery drawings held?

Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 11 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
Lucky for Life: 10:38 p.m. daily.
Pick 3, 4: 3:00 p.m. and 11:22 p.m. daily.
Cash 5: 11:22 p.m. daily.
Millionaire for Life: 11:15 p.m. daily.

This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Carolina Connect editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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