Editor’s Note: A renowned Western North Carolina writer, Charles Frazier burst onto the worldwide literary scene with his seminal 1997 novel “Cold Mou.
Fred Chappell, widely known as the “bard of Canton” and as one of the most renowned literary figures across North Carolina and beyond, died on Jan. 4, 2024, at the
The whistle at Canton’s paper mill talked to me daily, sending the reassuring message that the mill was producing paper and employees were busy at the.