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Carolina Storytellers and the Call to Write
A North Carolina voice urges focus on Carolina lore and writing to lift poverty through art. It praises regional storytellers including Aunt Edie and Bertha MacNeill, notes strong local memory from Cumberland County, and calls for shifting from oral to written culture amid growing wealth and leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
John Charles MacNeill
Philadelphia
Bertha MacNeill
Hector MacNeill
Cumberland County
North Carolina
Kenneth MacDonald
Margaret MacNeill MacRae
MacNeill
Bonnie MacNeills
Bertha
Charlotty
Mary Ann Creasy Ann
Childer
Sophy Sophia
South
Theodore Roosevelt
Uncle Remus
North
Nat
American Institute of Child Life
Chestnut Street
Globe
North Carolia
Tar Heels
Cavi
Uncle Nats