Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged billy graham, bland simpson, bob dylan, bob dylan and north carolina, carl sandburg, nobel prize in literature, thomas wolfe on October 14, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Excuse our immodesty, but surely Bob Dylan’s appearances over the years in North Carolina Miscellany played a small part in bringing him to the attention of the Swedish Academy: — On his view of Billy Graham as a rock ‘n’ roll model — On his performance in Charlotte during Watergate — On his debt to […]
Posted in On This Day, tagged carl sandburg, flat rock playhouse, maria beale fletcher on September 12, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1962: Carl Sandburg, age 84, makes his final public performance, reading poetry, singing and playing the guitar at Flat Rock Playhouse. To cap off the evening he waltzes in the wings with Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville, who has just finished her year as Miss America. .
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged bland simpson, bob dylan, carl sandburg, christmas with dylan, creative loafing, no direction home on December 1, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
“Sara Dylan answered the door, gave me a blank look, and closed the door. About two minutes later Bob Dylan himself appeared and stepped out onto the small porched entry. He wore blue jeans, a white shirt buttoned all the way up and a black leather vest, and he was very friendly and relaxed. ” […]
Posted in Just A Bite, Literature, tagged carl sandburg, flat rock nc, lincolniana, u of illinois on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
– “The University of Illinois picked up a good bargain for $30,000: Illinois-born Poet Carl Sandberg’s private library, now housed at Sandburg’s North Carolina goat farm. – “Items: reams of Lincolniana (including the manuscripts of three volumes of Sandburg’s works on Lincoln), revised manuscripts of Sandburg’s Complete Poems and his yet unpublished Song Bag, Sandburg’s […]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged carl sandburg, clyde king, fayetteville nc, harriet jacobs, lost colony, nc civil war soldiers, nc muslims, omar ibn said on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
— What was his great-great-great grandfather thinking? — A play about Harriet Jacobs, a film about Carl Sandburg. — Death noted: Clyde King, whose long baseball career began with an overnight transformation from Tar Heel to Brooklyn Dodger. — Roadside marker in Fayetteville is state’s first to recognize a Muslim. — Lost Colony researcher‘s “two […]
