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June 1979What is meant by light? To gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
Nikos Kazantzakis
Then one day on the street he sees a “stout elderly woman in a shapeless brown tent-like dress”; astonishingly, it is the girl from the days of his youth: it is Hartley. Charles has retired to contemplate his dead past, and the past has risen up to greet him.
By David GuyMarch 1979I’d always been interested in journalism, in writing and in self-expression. The magazine actually grew out of a conversation with Mike Mathers, who then ran the Community Bookstore. That’s when I was running the juice bar and I used to bring him juice drinks for lunch every day. Then one day we got to talking about how it would be nice if Chapel Hill had a newsletter or a magazine.
By Sy SafranskyMarch 1979Patchwork — that extra effort — is one expression of the higher parts of the human spirit, which manage to come out under all but the most adverse circumstances.
By Judith GoldsteinFebruary 1979The photographs in this selection are available as a PDF only. Click here to download.
By Andrew WilliamsJanuary 1979The blood pumps hard and I see that I am really writing, not playing at writing. I use whatever gifts I have. I give respect to the words as I lift and shake and kiss them. I admit that what is secret and hidden is the best advice for the next generation.
By Holly PradoAugust 1978Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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