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Congratulations are in order . . .

. . . to Raleigh dramatist Ian Finley, who has been named the 2012 Piedmont Laureate for the Triangle and adjacent counties: “Working primarily with Burning Coal Theatre Company, he has brought more than 70 different stories from the area’s history to life on stage through collaborations with Oakwood Cemetery, the Mordecai House, Raleigh City [...]

New Piedmont Laureate Named

Journalist and author Scott Huler is the new Piedmont Laureate, promoting literature and literacy in the Triangle and surrounding counties. Congratulations to Scott, who “has written on everything from the death penalty to bikini waxing and from NASCAR racing to the stealth bomber for The New York Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Los Angeles [...]

Link Round-Up

Here’s a round-up of interesting links that have come my way over the last couple of weeks. Here, U.S. News & World Report examines the professional benefits of social networking sites like Facebook. While here, Joshilyn Jackson examines the somewhat less-professional benefits. On BiblioBuffet, author Lev Raphael takes on the writer’s archenemy: the intrusive copy [...]