Easter Monday

Did you know that Easter Monday used to be a North Carolina state holiday?  Do you know why?  It all started with a baseball game.  Wake Forest University (WFU) used to be located near Raleigh.  WFU had a long-standing baseball rivalry with what is now known as NC State University.

The annual game was so popular that everyone, including government workers, would skip work to attend the game.  Thus, the NC government eventually declared Easter Monday a state holiday, though this is no longer in effect today.

For more information about this once beloved historical event, please check out the aptly titled "The Easter Monday Baseball Game" by Tim Peeler.  You can find this book at your local library or bookstore.  Happy reading!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Easter-Monday-Baseball-Game/dp/0786474521

North Carolina Basketball

A secret interracial college game in 1944.  A college athlete turned award-winning coach, now retired.  The ongoing rivalry between Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill.  What do all of these books have in common?  Basketball.  March in North Carolina is an important time for this sport.

The first reference is for a book entitled The Secret Game by Scott Ellsworth.  The second, On the Rim of the Basket, by Jim Hartbarger.  The third, The Blue Divide, by Johnny Moore and Art Chansky.  You can check out all of these books and more at your local library or bookstore.  Happy reading!

  

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Game-Wartime-Courage-Basketballs/dp/0316244627/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458832837&sr=1-1&keywords=ellsworth%2C+scott

 

http://www.csabooks.com/jim_hartbarger.html

http://www.amazon.com/The-Blue-Divide-Carolina-Tobacco/dp/1600789862/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51S1G8gEOlL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_&refRID=1F1SDW0B9FXN0XKA1K57

Chris Bohjalian Coming to UNCG!

New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian is coming to the Elliott University Center at the UNC-Greensboro campus! The author will be the guest speaker at the Friends of the UNCG Libraries' annual dinner on the evening of March 22. Please visit the Friends of the UNCG Libraries' webpage for more information, including how to purchase tickets for the event. Do not miss your chance to meet this very successful writer!

http://uncgfol.blogspot.com/2015/11/reservations-now-open-for-friends-of.html

Shelby Stephenson Tribute

Bit and Grain, an online newspaper dedicated to promoting North Carolina places and people, has published an excellent article on our current North Carolina Poet Laureate, Shelby Stephenson.  The NC Literary Map has a list of Stephenson's works, which can be found at your local library or bookstore.  Enjoy this tribute to one of our state's highly recognized authors!

http://www.bitandgrain.com/stories/north-carolina-poet-laureate-shelby-stephenson

North Carolina Barbecue

Would you like some new recipes or restaurants to try?  How about original North Carolina barbecue?  Perhaps you should read what local "barbecue man" Bob Garner has to say about one of our state's favorite foods.  NC Bookwatch has even done a special about him.  While you are reading, or eating, why not try a soft drink called Cheerwine?  This beverage was created in Salisbury, North Carolina.  You can check out Bob Garner's books at your local library or bookstore.  Enjoy!





http://www.unctv.org/content/ncbookwatch/authors/garner2012
http://www.cheerwine.com/about

Congratulations North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame Inductees

The North Carolina Literary Map would like to send a hardy congratulations to the 2016 North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame Inductees: Clyde Edgerton, Margaret Maron, and Carl Sandburg.  The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives have the Margaret Maron Papers on long-term loan.  The papers contain correspondence and newspaper clippings as well as drafts of Maron's amazing mystery novels.  For more information on the inductees, please see the North Carolina Writer's Network.

Margaret Maron

Clyde Edgerton

Carl Sandburg

Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition

The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition is now open for submissions until March 1!

The winner is awarded $200 and publication in storySouth, an online literary magazine that displays the best works from writers of the "new South". The contest is in honor of former professor, poet, and critic Randall Jarrell, who taught at what is now called UNCG. Jarrell is included in the NC Literary Hall of Fame for his accomplishments. For more information on the details of the poetry competition, please visit here. Happy writing!

http://www.storysouth.com/                      http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/MSS/id/22821/rec/3