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Editor’s Welcome
One of Us
Our State Quiz
Temperatures and Tempests
by Alan Hodge
State Symbol
A Toast to the Scuppernong
Carolina Classic: The Porch
A Preference for Porches
Southeast Meets Southwest
The Porchscapes of Beaufort
by Elena Dolman
Field Trip
All Noise, All the Time
by Drew Perry
History
A Wall of Sand
The New Old North State
A Taste of Laos in Morganton
by Katy Clune
Food
A Sauce for All Seasons
Recipes: Last Call for Corn
by Wendy Perry
The Brightest Alley in Durham
Photo Essay
Mountain Apples
Crisp and crunchy, peeled or as-is, the favored fruit of a western North Carolina autumn.
Features: The Voice Issue
The Power of Voice
Just as a journalist’s career took off, cancer threatened it all.
by Tommy Tomlinson
Rhiannon Giddens
Our native songbird hits the big gigs, and the big time.
by Tommy Tomlinson
Surrounded by Silence
Born deaf, Jane Fernandes now leads conversations as Guilford College’s president.
by Jeremy Markovich
Carolina’s Poet
Memories of growing up in rural North Carolina inspire the state’s poet laureate.
by Shelby Stephenson
Somethin’ to Holler About
Tony Peacock helps preserve a piece of North Carolina’s heritage — very loudly.
by Joe Newberry
Live From The Monti
Think storytelling’s simple? Hop onstage at The Monti.
by Drew Perry
Sound Waves
Radio Hatteras and the personality keeping Outer Banks islanders in tune.
by Susan Stafford Kelly
Who Speaks for the River?
A riverkeeper tends the waterway that he’s known since birth.
by Kevin Maurer
100 Voices from 100 Counties
In North Carolina, we don’t speak with just one voice.
by Jeremy Markovich
Out & About
Reader, Meet Writer
by Alexa Dysch
NC Native
Lance Crackers
