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Book Review: Weike Wang’s ‘Rental House’ finds beauty, humor in marriage of opposites

December 21, 2024 Ann Levin

Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that. It’s also an opportunity for Wang, a wildly gifted writer, to explore the upside […]

British novelist Naomi Wood out with short story collection

December 7, 2024 Ann Levin

Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the U.S., has written three historical novels, including the well-regarded “Mrs. Hemingway,” about the four wives of Ernest Hemingway. During the COVID lockdowns when her […]

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Chris Myers looks back on his career in ‘That Deserves a Wow’

November 30, 2024 Rob Merrill

There are few sports journalists working today with a resume as broad as Chris Myers. From a decade doing everything for ESPN (“SportsCenter,” play-by-play and succeeding Roy Firestone as host of the interview show “Up […]

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book review

Book Review: Weike Wang’s ‘Rental House’ finds beauty, humor in marriage of opposites

British novelist Naomi Wood out with short story collection

Chris Myers looks back on his career in ‘That Deserves a Wow’

Book Review: Richard Price returns with another portrait of urban America, ‘Lazarus Man’

Book Review: ‘Those Opulent Days’ is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina

Book Review: Hardboiled detective hunts missing ex-husband in ‘Farewell, Amethystine’

REVIEW: In ‘Dead by Dawn,’ lawman faces hypothermia, ambush

Rebound: Matt Doherty discusses his coaching tenure at UNC

Bill Carver will be in his third stint in role as the system continues its search to replace retiring Jeff Cox
NC Community Colleges System picks interim president

Bill Carver will be in his third stint in role as the system continues its search to replace retiring Jeff Cox