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Wiley and North Carolina author, Bland Simpson, discuss Simpson's Clover Garden. A college student in Chapel Hill followed his dreams to be a musician, a professor, and a writer. They always led him back to the southern part of heaven.  Email us at podcast@ourstate.com Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

  Wiley and Bland Simpson talk about growing up in North Carolina and Bland's history in the Chapel Hill music scene. A college student in Chapel Hill followed his dreams to be a musician, a professor, and a writer. They always led him back to the southern part of heaven. Email us at podcast@ourstate.com Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

A young woman named Ella M. Cropsey, called "Nell" by her family and friends, was spending the evening with family, friends, and her suitor. It was the night of November 20, 1901, and before it was over, she would disappear. Over a month later, her body would be found floating in the Pasquotank River. Despite a man having been convicted of her murder, some say that her uneasy spirit still haunts her home in Elizabeth City looking for the truth about her death. Join Gary & GoldieAnn as they go Within The Mist to tell of the Ghost of Nell Cropsey. Nell Cropsey and Jim Wilcox: The Chill of Destiny by William Dunstan - https://www.amazon.com/Nell-Cropsey-Jim-Wilcox-Destiny/dp/1530121671 The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey: A Nonfiction Novel by Bland Simpson - https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Beautiful-Nell-Cropsey-Nonfiction/dp/0807844322 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/withinthemist/support

A young woman named Ella M. Cropsey, called "Nell" by her family and friends was spending the evening with family, friends, and her suitor.  It was the night of November 20, 1901, and before it was over, she would disappear.Over a month later, her body would be found floating in the Pasquotank River. Despite a man having been convicted of her murder, some say that her uneasy spirit still haunts her home in Elizabeth City looking for the truth about her death.Join Gary & GoldieAnn as they go Within The Mist to tell of the Ghost of Nell Cropsey.Nell Cropsey and Jim Wilcox: The Chill of Destiny by William Dunstan - https://www.amazon.com/Nell-Cropsey-Jim-Wilcox-Destiny/dp/1530121671The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey: A Nonfiction Novel by Bland Simpson - https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Beautiful-Nell-Cropsey-Nonfiction/dp/0807844322Support the show

A young woman named Ella M. Cropsey, called "Nell" by her family and friends, was spending the evening with family, friends, and her suitor. It was the night of November 20, 1901, and before it was over, she would disappear.Over a month later, her body would be found floating in the Pasquotank River. Despite a man having been convicted of her murder, some say that her uneasy spirit still haunts her home in Elizabeth City looking for the truth about her death.Join Gary & GoldieAnn as they go Within The Mist to tell of the Ghost of Nell Cropsey.Nell Cropsey and Jim Wilcox: The Chill of Destiny by William Dunstan - https://www.amazon.com/Nell-Cropsey-Jim-Wilcox-Destiny/dp/1530121671The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey: A Nonfiction Novel by Bland Simpson - https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Beautiful-Nell-Cropsey-Nonfiction/dp/0807844322--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/withinthemist/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UNC holds a daylong summit to address campus mental health, and speakers pressure the university to put more resources into keeping students healthy. Student volunteers keep UNC's COVID-19 testing center running. Using tests they developed, Duke researchers found elevated levels of lead contamination in the soil in Durham. While more women are serving as judges in North Carolina, they still face barriers to entry. Esteemed UNC professor Bland Simpson's latest work, North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky, shares stories of places and people. It's mid-November; is it too early to start decorating for the holiday season?

Bland Simpson's poetic & lyrical writing shares the stories of Eastern NC rivers & waterways & how they shape the region's geography & culture. The tales are complemented by the stunning photographs by Ann Cary Simpson. Little Rivers & Waterway Tales draws on the Simpsons' deep family ties & coastal travels as it documents eastern North Carolina's particular beauty & unique way of life.

Bland Simpson's poetic & lyrical writing shares the stories of Eastern NC rivers & waterways & how they shape the region's geography & culture. The tales are complemented by the stunning photographs by Ann Cary Simpson. Little Rivers & Waterway Tales draws on the Simpsons' deep family ties & coastal travels as it documents eastern North Carolina's particular beauty & unique way of life.

Passionate artist Alex Matisse reveals the thoughts and emotions behind his work as he creates pottery with an aesthetic that fuses pre-industrial traditions. Then, join Bland Simpson on a literary journey down the Lumber River.

Bland Simpson, author of "Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt and the Coming of the Civil War."

Bland Simpson, author of "Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt and the Coming of the Civil War."

Bland Simpson, author of "Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt and the Coming of the Civil War."

Bland Simpson, author of Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt and the Coming of the Civil War.

Bland Simpson, author of "Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt and the Coming of the Civil War."

David Cecelski’s book, The Waterman's Song, introduced us to Abraham Galloway an ex-slave from Wilmington who became an incredible leader of Blacks in North Carolina during the Civil War and later in state government. I became fascinated with Galloway and have waited a long time for David to tell me more with his new book, The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves’ Civil War.

Two North Carolina Watermen: One a talented captain, but enslaved and badly treated. The other a Naval Officer who had his own set of challenges as he served first the United States and then the Confederacy. Nobody could bring these two together in the same book.except Bland Simpson with his book Two Captains from Carolina, next.

Come along with Bland Simpson as he voyages down North Carolina's "Amazon," the Roanoke River.

Bland Simpson comes to the narrows of the Pasquotank River to tour his Elizabeth City hometown, fondly referred to as "The Queen of the Albemarle" and founded as digging began on the Dismal Swamp 15 miles north in 1793. This historic port boasts a rich history and cultural community showcased in its expansive historic district, reemerging downtown arts, the Museum of the Albemarle, avionics and even the great unsolved mystery of Nell Cropsey's murder.

Bland Simpson comes to the narrows of the Pasquotank River to tour his Elizabeth City hometown, fondly referred to as "The Queen of the Albemarle" and founded as digging began on the Dismal Swamp 15 miles north in 1793. This historic port boasts a rich history and cultural community showcased in its expansive historic district, reemerging downtown arts, the Museum of the Albemarle, avionics and even the great unsolved mystery of Nell Cropsey's murder.

How old is the New River exactly? Is it really the second oldest after the Nile? Geologists differ. But it is certain that this waterway is a remnant of the Teaz River prefiguring the Ohio River system. While Colonel Abraham Wood of Virginia was surprised to discover it in 1654, Native Americans, especially the Cherokee, had been fishing and hunting in the area for ten thousand years. Join Bland Simpson for a trip along our country’s only major northward flowing river and the spectacular surrounding valley including the treasured biodiversity of the Bluff Mountain Preserve.

How old is the New River exactly? Is it really the second oldest after the Nile? Geologists differ. But it is certain that this waterway is a remnant of the Teaz River prefiguring the Ohio River system. While Colonel Abraham Wood of Virginia was surprised to discover it in 1654, Native Americans, especially the Cherokee, had been fishing and hunting in the area for ten thousand years. Join Bland Simpson for a trip along our country’s only major northward flowing river and the spectacular surrounding valley including the treasured biodiversity of the Bluff Mountain Preserve.

How old is the New River exactly? Is it really the second oldest after the Nile? Geologists differ. But it is certain that this waterway is a remnant of the Teaz River prefiguring the Ohio River system. While Colonel Abraham Wood of Virginia was surprised to discover it in 1654, Native Americans, especially the Cherokee, had been fishing and hunting in the area for ten thousand years. Join Bland Simpson for a trip along our country’s only major northward flowing river and the spectacular surrounding valley including the treasured biodiversity of the Bluff Mountain Preserve.

Bland Simpson, Ann Cary Simpson, and Jan DeBlieu take questions from the audience. Also: music by Bland Simpson.

Coastal Carolina panel: Jan DeBlieu, Ann Cary Simpson, Bland Simpson.