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October 4, 2024

Bookmark This is a monthly feature highlighting books by College people. This month’s featured book is “Truffles and Trash: Recirculating Food in a Social Welfare State” by Kelly Alexander, assistant professor and George B. Tindall Fellow of American Studies.

Summer’s the time for Tar Heel tales

May 28, 2024

UNC Press offers a Mayberry-infused memoir, veteran’s essays, stories of strong Southern women and more. College faculty members Daniel Wallace and Elizabeth Engelhardt are on the list as well as doctoral student Kylan Rice.

Hip-hop’s healing power

January 29, 2024

Two spring performances, both involving work by music professor Mark Katz, highlight the transformative power of hip-hop.

Southern history revisited

May 17, 2023

A groundbreaking volume weaves a new narrative of the South from its ancient past to the present, drawing on top scholars’ work in global and Atlantic world history, histories of the African diaspora and environmental history.

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December 3, 2021

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s featured book: “North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky” (UNC Press) by Bland Simpson.

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May 1, 2020

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. Featured book: “UNC A to Z: What Every Tar Heel Needs to Know About the First State University” (UNC Press,  April 2020), co-authored by Cecelia Moore (Ph.D. history ’13) and Nicholas Graham.

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April 3, 2020

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s feature: Karla Slocum.

Short Story Vending Machines Connect UNC Writers and Readers

January 17, 2020

The vending machines installed last spring around campus and the Chapel Hill community are serving up something different—short stories and poetry written by faculty, students, and staff, along with short works of literature from around the world.