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Writer Jill McCorkle talks about her afternoon as a non-hunter on a deer hunt; her encounter with Dottie, the rebellious beagle; and the necessity of wearing orange in winter. She also reads excerpts from her short story, “Dog Hunting” (featured in Eno Publishers’ 27 Views of Hillsborough: A Small Southern Town in Prose and Poetry ). Jill McCorkle's career as a writer is the stuff of legend. Her f...

William Leuchtenburg knows his presidents. The historian is an authority on American presidents, particularly Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Many presidents, including FDR, have traveled to Chapel Hill, Dr. Leuchtenburg’s home. He talks about those visits, the University of North Carolina, and about his collaboration over many years on Ken Burns’ award-winning documentaries. Dr. Leuchtenburg also read...

Writer Samia Serageldin talks about growing up in the tumultuous Middle East and immigrating to the U.S., where she realizes the American dream—until one September morning in 2001. Samia discusses navigating her way in a post-9/11 world, and reads excerpts from her story “Muslims in the Cul-de-Sac” (featured in Eno Publishers’s 27 Views of Chapel Hill: A Southern University Town in Prose and Poetr...

Documentarian Tom Rankin balances the demands of academic life with caring for his herd of escape-artist goats. In this episode, he talks about the often-maligned animal and reads excerpts from his story “Raising Goats to Their Rightful Place” (featured in Eno Publishers’ The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food). Tom Rankin is a goat farmer as well as a noted photographer and documentar...

Writer Randall Kenan had a passion for food. Before he died in 2020, he dropped by for dinner, and stayed to talk about the importance of food in his life, in his upbringing, in literature, in culture, in bridging divides. He revealed his deep fondness for the humble butterbean. He also read excerpts from “The Rooster, the Rattlesnake, and the Hydrangea Bush,” the lead essay in Eno Publishers’s Th...