{"id":3833,"date":"2013-11-18T11:51:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2013-11-18T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:57:13","slug":"revisiting-pasts-1968-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/revisiting-pasts-1968-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Pasts &#8211; 1968 &#038; 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I somehow missed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottemagazine.com\/\">Charlotte Magazine<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottemagazine.com\/Charlotte-Magazine\/September-2013\/The-Past-1968\/index.php?cparticle=1&#038;siarticle=0#artanc\">September feature about the Charlotte of 1968.<\/a> A turbulent year for the city, the nation and the world. And for me. I was graduating from East Mecklenburg High and headed to NC State. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottemagazine.com\/Charlotte-Magazine\/September-2013\/The-Past-1968\/index.php?cparticle=2&#038;siarticle=1#artanc\">In a nice sidebar, the principals and perhaps a bit of the principles<\/a> of The Inquistion are featured. A nice picture of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pigtownbooks.com\/LynwoodShivaSawyer.html\">Lynwood Shiva Sawyer<\/a> and Tom Wilkinson &#8212; Tom has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottemagazine.com\/Charlotte-Magazine\/November-2013\/The-Entertainer\/\">his own feature this month in the same magazine (see previous post)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charlottemagazine.com\/20130629-0913_FEA_Inquisition_Sidebar563LR.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Wilkinson and Lynwood Shiva Sawyer\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nI missed a lot of what was going on in Charlotte at that moment, but thanks to working on and with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Inquisition_(underground_newspaper)\">The Inquisition<\/a> a lot of it is still familiar and enduring &#8212; some in a good way, like having a context when talking with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottemagazine.com\/Charlotte-Magazine\/September-2013\/The-Past-1968\/index.php?cparticle=4&#038;siarticle=3#artanc\">Adam Stein who was one of the founders Charlotte\u2019s first integrated law firm.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1983, a bunch of us began to meet with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilbertchappelldistinguishedpoetseries.com\/2011\/08\/14\/ann-deagon-biography\/\">poet Ann Deagon who was looking to turn her project Poetry Center Southeast<\/a> into a statewide service group for all writers. By 1985, we were an official 501(c)-3 organization called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncwriters.org\/\">North Carolina Writers&#8217; Network<\/a>. The apostrophe and its placement seemed very important at the time as I remember. <a href=\"http:\/\/judyhogan.home.mindspring.com\/bio.htm\">Judy Hogan<\/a> was the first president with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georganneubanks.net\/HOME.html\">Georgann Eubanks<\/a> and myself serving as vice presidents. I eventually left the vice presidency and the Board of Trustees for a couple of decades and recently (2008 I think) rejoined the Trustees.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Network has 1200 (dues paying) members. 200 of those members were in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncwriters.org\/programs-and-services\/conferences\/3874-2013-fall-conference-in-wrighstville-beach\">Wrightsville Beach for the Fall Conference<\/a>, a gathering that moves around the state to a different site each year. We began with an annual conference in our first year with our first director <a href=\"http:\/\/webdelsol.com\/long\/\">Robert Hill Long<\/a> and I setting up folding chairs someplace in Durham for many fewer people.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to see what current director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.press53.com\/bioedsouthern.html\">Ed Southern<\/a> and his staff have done with the Conference and the Network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncwriters.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncwriters.org\/images\/logoW.png\" alt=\"North Carolina Writers Network\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I somehow missed Charlotte Magazine&#8216;s September feature about the Charlotte of 1968. A turbulent year for the city, the nation and the world. And for me. I was graduating from East Mecklenburg High and headed to NC State. 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