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Sarah Edwards

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writer and culture editor at @indyweek.bsky.social | poetry + fiction sometimes, gchat often | sedwards@indyweek.com | eddysarah.substack.com

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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
new poem in The Columbia Review issuu.com/thecolumbiar...
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This weekend, Southern DocFest kicks off in Durham, featuring six screenings, filmmaker Q&As, and a live performance from Mike “Mike G” Smalls, a Durham rapper who is the subject of one of the films.
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New Documentary Fest To Launch in Durham With All-Local Slate
Southern Doc Fest makes it debut at the Durham Arts Council on Oct 10 with two feature-length films and four shorts.
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I need someone to develop an app where I deposit like $100 at the beginning of the year and then when I click on an article that’s behind a paywall they deduct a cost per article for that specific site and send it to the publication rather than expect me to subscribe to 50 outlets.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Service journalism: What is Woke County Speedway, the low-profile band with 86 monthly listeners on Spotify that’s sharing a stage with MJ Lenderman at Good Moon Festival? Tasso Hartzog for @indyweek.bsky.social
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Woke County Speedway, the Triangle’s Latest Slacker-Country Outfit, Picks Up Speed
Woke County Speedway keeps a low profile—but this weekend, the band will be sharing a stage with MJ Lenderman and releasing their debut album.
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Autumn House Press @autumnhouse.org · 06/10/2026
@indyweek.bsky.social featured AHP author Adam O'Fallon Price and his debut short story collection, Objects of Desire, available now! Congrats to @adamoprice.bsky.social, and thank you to INDY Week, photographer Matt Ramey, and culture editor Sarah Edwards! indyweek.com/news/culture...
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Adam O'Fallon Price's Compelling Stories of Characters at Rock Bottom
"Objects of Desire," Chapel Hill writer Adam O'Fallon Price's debut short story collection, releases on October 6.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our books stories will get like 200 clicks max and then the next day I’ll be at a conference with people complaining that local papers don’t do books coverage anymore 🫥
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Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're hiring for a (paid) intern! Come join the publicity team at @uncpress.bsky.social. In person at our offices on the UNC-CH campus, $15/hr, 10-20 hrs/week. Apps close this Friday 10/9 & feel free to reach out with any q's either here or at the email in my bio. bit.ly/4xYdO0V
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Now Hiring: Publicity Intern
UNC Press Publicity Intern Position Summary:  The University of North Carolina Press seeks a motivated and detail-oriented intern to support the work of
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I had so much fun reading Adam O’Fallon Price’s new short story collection, and also a lot of fun writing about it. “Objects of Desire” is out tomorrow & it’s SO good.
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Adam O'Fallon Price Writes Compelling Characters at Rock Bottom
"Objects of Desire," Chapel Hill writer Adam O'Fallon Price's debut short story collection, releases on October 6.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
could be a whole book !
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read this
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The Incident at Little River
The brutal crime that catalyzed the LGBTQ movement in North Carolina 45 years ago has never been fully chronicled—until now.
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From the archives: Photographer Avery Danziger returned to the NC State Fair for decades, capturing the cross-section of residents who had flocked from across the state to attend.
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“A Marvelous Microcosm of the State”: Avery Danziger's Photographs of the NC State Fair
Photographs of the North Carolina State Fair, over the years, by photographer Avery Danziger.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake.  above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services.  the question matching this image is:  "How can I invest in my child's future?"
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have a super short piece of coming-of-age fiction in @necessaryfiction.com this week!
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this story is nuts — UNC Health briefly adopted BidShift, a platform that has nurses bid against eachother for hard-to-fill shifts, so that the hourly premium rate (already substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic) keeps dropping. It pivoted after backlash.
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The Gig Is Up: UNC Health Does an About-Face on BidShift
UNC Health dropped the software Bidshift after a plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts caused a social media firestorm.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This @writingthings.bsky.social story does a great going below the surface with exploring why lifting really heavy weights resonates with queer people right now (and also motivates me on my subpar deadlifting average)
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At Weight Not Hate, Deadlifting Is for Every Body
Amid an anti-LGBTQ climate and bans against transgender athletes, a deadlifting group in Durham offers queer people a sense of self.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
thank you for reading!
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have a super short piece of coming-of-age fiction in @necessaryfiction.com this week!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.
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Sarah Willets @sarahwillets.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@indyweek.bsky.social's annual Pride edition is out!
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Firmly rooted in the type of rambling, fingerpicked folk made famous by John Prine (yes, it’s a legit comparison), Chris Frisina is still his own man.
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As Lou Hazel, Durham Musician Chris Frisina Colors Outside the Lines
Chris Frisina's rambling, fingerpicked folk music as Lou Hazel melds observation, humor, reflection, and nostalgia.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great article on how sheriff's deputies in Durham, N.C. are referring people to ICE for very minor offenses. The cooperation between local cops and the immigration goon squads is a growing stain on America indyweek.com/news/durham-...
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Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level Crimes
Durham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty
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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 18/09/2026
Durham NC holds itself up as a pro-immigrant jurisdiction. But its magistrates and judges repeatedly refer people facing low-level criminal charges to ICE when they're not required to—even for offenses as minor as a single trespassing charge. @twitterlessabe.bsky.social @indyweek.bsky.social #ncpol
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Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level Crimes
Durham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.
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Abe Kenmore @twitterlessabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My latest — spent about 2.5 months combing court records and making calls to figure out why some magistrates in Durham County are going beyond the requirements of a new state law
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An INDY investigation finds judges and magistrates in Durham have repeatedly flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody.
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Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level Crimes
Durham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New from 404 Media: Georgia State has rescinded a job offer given to Samuel Tunick, the activist who allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before DHS could search it. Tunick says the case is "textbook political repression". Now can't study or work at the university www.404media.co/university-r...
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University Rescinds Job Offer to Activist Who Allegedly Wiped Phone Before DHS Could Search It
Samuel Tunick allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before CBP officials could search it, in what has become a high profile civil liberties case. Now Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer ...
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Boots Riley is in town today, with two free public screenings of “I Love Boosters” followed by Q&As - link below!
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“I can say unequivocally, without a doubt, that CAM is not going to vanish,” said Vice Chair Kate Ferguson Boes. “There’s 17 board members who are actively engaged, and not a single one of us wants it to vanish.”
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CAM Is Selling Its Iconic Building. Could It Have Done More to Keep It?
The Raleigh contemporary art museum’s decision to sell comes after a 2020 rezoning made the property much more valuable.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Screenings are at 1:30pm & 7pm cinematicarts.duke.edu/screensociet...
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I Love Boosters (2026) + panel discussion w/ dir. Boots Riley | Cinematic Arts
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Boots Riley is in town today, with two free public screenings of “I Love Boosters” followed by Q&As - link below!
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A conversation with Boots Riley, who makes stops in Durham and Winston-Salem this week as part of a tour for "I Love Boosters," his latest anti-capitalist caper.
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Boots Riley on Labor Organizing, His North Carolina Family Roots, and “I Love Boosters”
The filmmaker makes stops in Durham and Winston-Salem, this week, as part of his tour for his new anti-capitalist caper, "I Love Boosters."
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The decision to sell comes after a 2020 rezoning made the downtown museum’s property much more valuable. CAM leadership maintains they want the institution to “be here for years to come"—but many in the art world feel skeptical.
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CAM Is Selling Its Iconic Building. Could It Have Done More to Keep It?
The decision to sell comes after a 2020 rezoning made the downtown contemporary art museum’s property much more valuable.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the most batshit story (+ excellent headline) you’ll read this week
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In this @ccourtneybohl.bsky.social story, professional pickleball 🤝 private equity
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Relishing the Sights, Sounds, and Sales Pitches at the Veolia Pickleball Tournament in Cary
Relishing the sights, sounds, and sales pitches at the Veolia pickleball tournament in Cary
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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 09/09/2026
really fun and thoughtful piece about zines and community in durham, nc
screenshot of an INDY piece 

"You are a local when a place and its people recognize you as accountable to them, and you recognize yourself as accountable to them," a cartoon illustration of Hernandez says in the "Hyperlocal Habit," as the zine discusses who gets to be a local in any given community. But beyond just being local, the zine encourages individuals to break down what that means and why it matters so much to tune in, connect, and contribute to the place you inhabit.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
the concert is across from my office and thus far about thirty people (??) are set up in their lawn chairs a full 2 hours before it starts
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
this kicks off tonight with patty griffin (!)
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Oftentimes it’s cheaper to get caught and pay the fine than it is to follow the law. That was a decision that was made on a constant basis at Imperial Foods. The reason those people died at the end of the day is because he was too cheap to fix the cooker.”
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The High Cost of Cheap Chicken in Howard L. Craft's "Orange Light"
'Orange Light,' Craft's new play, is about a fatal 1991 fire in a Hamlet, North Carolina, chicken processing plant.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
35 years since the Hamlet corn processing plant fire. I think of a quote from this interview with Howard Craft often.
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WUNC News @wunc.org · 27/08/2026
On Tuesday night at The Pinhook, people in downtown Durham gathered to mourn and celebrate Dolly Parton, who passed away at the age of 80. Members of the community sang karaoke, performed line dances, and told stories about why the country music icon was so impactful. www.wunc.org/music/2026-0...
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At The Pinhook in downtown Durham, people gather to mourn and celebrate the life of Dolly Parton
On Tuesday night at The Pinhook, people in downtown Durham gathered to mourn and celebrate Dolly Parton, who passed away that day at the age of 80.It was an evening filled with celebration and tears, ...
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WUNC News @wunc.org · 28/08/2026
On Thursday night, a Filipino grocery store in Raleigh became host to a stand-up comedy show. Jenny Yang has been touring cultural grocery stores this summer to raise awareness of the challenges immigrants face, especially under President Trump's immigration crackdown. www.wunc.org/race-class-c...
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For one night, a Filipino grocery store in Raleigh became a comedy club
On Thursday night, a Filipino grocery store in Raleigh became host to a stand-up comedy show. Comedian Jenny Yang has been touring cultural grocery stores across the U.S. this summer to raise awarenes...
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I loved this story
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our summer culture intern wrote this profile, after chancing upon the class in a park near her home, and ended up attending several dance classes - extremely joyful, I loved working with her on it!
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Features on Boardinghouse Arts, the Hayti Heritage Center, and Hyperlocal zines—plus, local exhibits, performances, and festivals to bookmark this fall.
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The 2026 INDY Fall Arts Issue
Features on Boardinghouse Arts, the Hayti Heritage Center, and Hyperlocal zines—plus, local exhibits, performances, and festivals to bookmark this fall.
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In advance of her move to the Middle East, the INDY spoke with Hillings about the role of regional museums, the NCMA’s biggest challenges going forward, and, of course, her favorite painting in the collection.
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Valerie Hillings On Fundraising, the Role of Regional Museums, and What Piece of Art She’d Most Like to Live Inside
Talking with Valerie Hillings, whose eight-year role as director of the North Carolina Museum of Art ended on August 31.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I wrote about the Hayti Heritage Center, long a cultural and spiritual anchor in Durham, as it looks to a 2029 international event that could have a dramatic effect on the neighborhood (for @indyweek.bsky.social) indyweek.com/news/culture...
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“We Have Always Been a Convener”: How the Hayti Heritage Center's Programming Bridges the Past, Present, and Future
With new leadership and a golden anniversary newly under its belt, the cultural center looks to support the next generation of artists.
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