{"id":6199,"date":"2012-10-04T04:50:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T08:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2012-10-05T05:24:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T09:24:14","slug":"a-different-view-of-the-bull-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2012\/10\/a-different-view-of-the-bull-city\/","title":{"rendered":"A different view of The Bull City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Vicky Dickson<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/reader.100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/reader.100.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"reader.100\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/reader.100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/reader.100-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153DURHAM! WHY IN THE WORLD would you want to move to Durham?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <!--more-->a snobby Chapel Hillian once asked Ceil Cleveland, one of the contributors to the just-released <em>27 Views of Durham<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m embarrassed to admit that that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an attitude I once shared. Though I was born in Durham, in a now-defunct hospital where the N.C. School of Math and Science now stands, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a city I never paid much attention to throughout childhood and early adulthood, other than to hate Duke, of course.<br \/>\nAnd though I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve lately come to appreciate the wealth of culinary, musical and artistic creativity to be found in Durham these days, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still much about the city and its history that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ignorant about. So the fourth book in Eno Publishers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 27 Views series has been a real education for me, as well as a real pleasure to read.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6200\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/reader100412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/reader100412.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"reader100412\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/reader100412.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/reader100412-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&lt;em&gt;27 Views of Durham&lt;\/em&gt; is the latest in Eno Publishers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 27 Views series. Image courtesy of Eno Publishers<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAs <em>Independent Weekly<\/em> founder and Durham City Council member Steve Schewel points out in his introduction, the writers of <em>27 Views of Durham<\/em> don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shy away from describing the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s issues of poverty, discrimination and crime. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The City,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by George Yamazawa Jr. is a powerfully rendered poetic call for an end to gang violence in Durham. And Carl W. Kenney II\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Home is a Cup of Coffee,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d poignantly evokes the heartrending results of that violence.<\/p>\n<p>But <em>27 Views of Durham<\/em> makes it clear that those who have used the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s problems as an excuse to stay away have seriously deprived themselves. It makes clear that eating at one of the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impressive restaurants or attending a world-class performance at Duke or DPAC only scratches the surface of the fun and enlightenment to be had in Durham. <\/p>\n<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the ballpark, for instance. Adam Sobsey tells, in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Home Again,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d how he \u00e2\u20ac\u0153crookedly\u00e2\u20ac\u009d grew up at the Durham Athletic Park. And another Durham native, Clyde Edgerton, brings to life the 110-year history of the parks the Durham Bulls have called home in his story, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Last days, Old Ballpark.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nThere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kirsten Mullen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Watching Pictures in the Dark,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d an account of biracial audience participation at Lakewood Shopping Center\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s much-missed Center Theatre that will make you think twice about shushing chattering moviegoers.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cliff Bellamy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My Park, Everybody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Park,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about Durham Central Park. His description of the parades, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153splash mobs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and film screenings that make the park a vibrant contributor to Durham city life will inspire readers to plan a trip to the vicinity just to check it out.<br \/>\nHistory buffs will enjoy \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Sloping Hills,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a memoir excerpt about black schooling in Durham by Walter Matthew Brown. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll also appreciate Jean Bradley Anderson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Remembering a Town Father,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which focuses on Durham\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s early days. <\/p>\n<p>For music enthusiasts, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wonderland,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d excerpted from Lewis Shiner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Black and White, which paints such an enticing picture of Hayti\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music scene in the early \u00e2\u20ac\u212260s that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll wish you could time-travel there. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shirley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Garden: An Oral History,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by David Cecelski, describes a Durham garden created for people suffering from HIV\/AIDS. Barry Yeoman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Morning After Amendment One\u00e2\u20ac\u009d celebrates the community\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reaction to last May\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s passage of the anti-gay marriage amendment. Both make the point that Durham\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s greatest assets are the people who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve chosen to live in the town that Katy Munger writes about in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Best of Towns, Worst of Towns \u00e2\u20ac\u201c My Town,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve chosen Durham perhaps because they see it as Munger does: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the town that is what it is, with few pretensions; the town that manages to find room for everyone, without making anyone feel out of place; the town that, like all good relationships, lets you be yourself.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The rollicking launch of <em>27 Views of Durham<\/em> at Motorco Sept. 27 proved how much that city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s denizens love where they live. Schewel delighted the crowd with, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chapel Hill \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it really is a great place to live \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 10 miles away from.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Hmm, maybe I can still hate Duke.) But if you missed that party, you have another opportunity to hear about the book and meet some of the authors. Just come to the Carolina Theatre in Durham on Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. for an event cosponsored by the theatre and the Durham Library Foundation. Your view of Durham will never be the same. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Vicky Dickson \u00e2\u20ac\u0153DURHAM! 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