Carolina Quotes
Regional writing stops short of dealing with those issues and instead behaves as though getting a date is what matters. It treats a family reunion like it’s the potato salad that is important instead of ancient family conflicts.
Kaye Gibbons Carolinian
Source
Interview with Virginia Daniel, "The life all around her," Independent Weekly, Raleigh, January 25, 2006
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