North Carolina Conversations Summer-Fall 2008.pdf

Leah KarpenWilliam Keesler &Barbara PresnellLee KennettJulia KevilleRhonda KonigDebra KuhnDana B. LacyValeria L. LeePeter F. Lydens & LindaG. WrightTom & Diane MagnusonTom & ElizabethMcPhersonMiranda MonroeCatherine E. MooreSyd Nathans & JudithWhiteRon & Kathy OakleyRobert W. Oast, Jr.Algine N. OgburnLeland M. ParkSylvia S. PinyanThe Riverside Church inthe City of New YorkLeonard W. RogoffThe Roxboro ResearchClubJohn L. SandersW. G. & T. P. SasserRichard & Linda SealeStephen & ElizabethSimmonsDavid SontagShelby StephensonU.T. Miller SummersJoe & Amy ThompsonWilliam H. ToweTom & Karyn TrautMichael & SandraWagonerPeter F. WalkerJeanne W. WallJames M. WallaceClarence R. WaltonClem & Helen WaltonDavid & Marsha WarrenWayne County PublicLibraryIsabelle WebbAnne B. WilgusGrace G. WilsonGarland & Jane YoungJames E. YoungJean & Paul YountVicki YurkoIN HONOR OF...Alton BallanceRobert AnthonyAlice Smith BarkleyE. Osborne Ayscue,Jr.Sarah E. LeakAlice Barkley & HarlanGradinAl & Jo Ann CorumSally & RobertBucknerAnne C. DahleJanie Leigh CarterTeen TimberlakeFred & Susan ChappellBecky AndersonSue S. PhillipsShelley CrispSuzan BlyRebekah H. MegerianMyles, Edward, AliceStandishPeggy CulbertsonMattye & MarcSilvermanMr. & Mrs. DougDibbertTom LambethLynn Jones Ennis,Helen WolfeEvans & LucindaMacKethanChuck & Kate GreenJoel L. Fleishman &William Ivey LongJeanne TannenbaumTristan Blake GenettaJean & Paul YountHarlan GradinSuzanne PellCalvin HallHoward & JuanitaSpanogleTrudier HarrisJohn & ChristineAlmeidaHumanities CouncilStaff & AliceBarkleyHarlan Joel Gradin &Elise GoldwasserHumanities CouncilStaffSteve SumerfordWalter JacksonSteve Schewel & LaoRupertPeter KaufmanDavid & Jenny RouthLouly Peacock KonzJames & FlorencePeacockLaura A. Kratt &George ElamJim KrattTownsend LudingtonDavid & MarshaWarrenKatharine MeachamCarol BoggessHumanities CouncilStaffSuzanne PellGlenn PerkinsClara Bond BellDick & Jean PhillipsElizabeth M. HolstenDoug QuinWillis P. WhichardMr. & Mrs. Jessie W.RichardsonGregory A.RichardsonMary Trent SemansClem & HayesClementMr. & Mrs.Christopher M.HarrisInza WalstonGeorgena H. ClaytonDavid & MarshaWarrenTownsend LudingtonR. L. & Kay WatsonDavid and NancyJonesWillis P. WhichardWilliam B. AycockShelley CrispEmily Herring WilsonPatricia S. ClarkKen JohnsonH. G. JonesBetty Ray McCainDonald Mathews &Betsy F. BufordLynn Wright-KernodleClem & HayesClementIN MEMORY OF...George E. BairJune P. BairSandy BasnightBetty Ray McCainFrances F. BufordDonald Mathews &Betsy F. BufordBetty Ray McCainAlfred A. DunnThomas A. McGowanWilma DykemanLaura BoosingerGeorge H. EsserBland & AnnSimpsonLinda FlowersSteve FerebeeW. G. & T. P. SasserAnn B. WilgusStephen Lee GaillardEdwin B. LeeAllison & SarahKinneyDebra KuhnJohn Lewis McCain,M.D.Betty Ray McCainJames Otis Mullen& Evangeline R.DarityWilliam Darity &Kirsten MullenJohn RossDonald & RamonaEnsleyZachary T. SmithTom & DonnaLambethKatharine E. WhiteRichard A. WhiteThe 2007L i n d a F l o w e r sLiterary AwardSusan Weinberg Vogel, Associate Professor ofEnglish and Creative Writing at Appalachian StateUniversity, was awarded the 2007 Linda FlowersLiterary Award for her creative nonfiction essay“The Pick-up Line.” Vogel’s entry was amongmore than fifty received from across the southeastand as far away as California for the annualNorth Carolina Humanities Council’s writingcompetition. “The Pick-up Line” recounts Vogel’sexperience as a foster parent savoring the relationshipshe has been able to maintain with herfoster son and his brother, even after they haveresumed life with their biological mother. “ThePick-up Line” was featured in the inaugural issueof North Carolina Conversations. In addition,Vogel received a $500 cash prize and a writer’sresidency at the Weymouth Center for the Artsand Humanities in Southern Pines, NC.Every dollar spent on a North Carolina Humanities Council program• Ensures free public humanities programs for North Carolinians statewide• Makes use of scholars in colleges and universities as well as lay scholars across the state• Represents at least one or more matching dollars of in-kind support or matched spending• Provides seed money for programs that promote community awareness, understanding, and insight• Provides opportunities for citizens to learn and create together• Makes knowledge about North Carolina’s culture and history available for future generationsTO FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE A DONATION, VISIT WWW.NCHUMANITIES.ORG .NC Conversations • Summer 2008 • 27