Tag: north carolina politics

New This Week: March 4th

Today’s two new books promise to provide readers with deep insights into pivotal moments in American history and politics from the Iran-Contra scandal to North Carolina History and Journalism. Learn more about these titles below or visit our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new publishing this month. Southern New, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a… Continue Reading New This Week: March 4th

The Vote Collectors, a Ferris & Ferris Book coming Fall 2021

The following guest post by Nick Ochsner, co-author with Michael Graff of the forthcoming Ferris & Ferris Book The Vote Collectors: The True Story of the Scamsters, Politicians, and Preachers behind the Nation’s Greatest Electoral Fraud, has been adapted and unthreadded from a post that originally appeared on Twitter. I’m excited to listen to the new Serial podcast from Zoe… Continue Reading The Vote Collectors, a Ferris & Ferris Book coming Fall 2021

Christensen, Shelby, Hogan earn awards

Three UNCP authors deserve special cheers for winning awards recently: Rob Christensen, author of The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics, has been awarded the 2008 Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. The successor to the organization’s Mayflower Cup, the Ragan Old North State Award honors Sam Ragan: poet, critic, publisher, and… Continue Reading Christensen, Shelby, Hogan earn awards