Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 12/10/2026new poem in The Columbia Review issuu.com/thecolumbiar... 051
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This 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.indyweek.comNew Documentary Fest To Launch in Durham With All-Local SlateSouthern Doc Fest makes it debut at the Durham Arts Council on Oct 10 with two feature-length films and four shorts. 051
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsNanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I 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. 1131941
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Service 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.socialindyweek.comWoke County Speedway, the Triangle’s Latest Slacker-Country Outfit, Picks Up SpeedWoke County Speedway keeps a low profile—but this weekend, the band will be sharing a stage with MJ Lenderman and releasing their debut album. 0145
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsAutumn 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...indyweek.comAdam 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. 096
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Our 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 🫥 110
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsHelen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We'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/4xYdO0Vuncpress.orgNow Hiring: Publicity InternUNC Press Publicity Intern Position Summary: The University of North Carolina Press seeks a motivated and detail-oriented intern to support the work of 024
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I 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.indyweek.comAdam 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. 151
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Read thisindyweek.comThe Incident at Little RiverThe brutal crime that catalyzed the LGBTQ movement in North Carolina 45 years ago has never been fully chronicled—until now. 082
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From 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.indyweek.com“A Marvelous Microcosm of the State”: Avery Danziger's Photographs of the NC State FairPhotographs of the North Carolina State Fair, over the years, by photographer Avery Danziger. 051
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026America.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 942512665
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsSarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have a super short piece of coming-of-age fiction in @necessaryfiction.com this week! 183
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this 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.indyweek.comThe Gig Is Up: UNC Health Does an About-Face on BidShiftUNC Health dropped the software Bidshift after a plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts caused a social media firestorm. 02316
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People 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. 9982268
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This @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)indyweek.comAt Weight Not Hate, Deadlifting Is for Every BodyAmid an anti-LGBTQ climate and bans against transgender athletes, a deadlifting group in Durham offers queer people a sense of self. 0175
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have a super short piece of coming-of-age fiction in @necessaryfiction.com this week! 183
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University. 714271594
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsSarah Willets @sarahwillets.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@indyweek.bsky.social's annual Pride edition is out! 1105
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Firmly 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.indyweek.comAs Lou Hazel, Durham Musician Chris Frisina Colors Outside the LinesChris Frisina's rambling, fingerpicked folk music as Lou Hazel melds observation, humor, reflection, and nostalgia. 063
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Great 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-...indyweek.comDurham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level CrimesDurham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found. 9354145
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026according 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 3035901147
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsBarry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 18/09/2026Durham 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 #ncpolindyweek.comDurham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level CrimesDurham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found. 01414
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsAbe Kenmore @twitterlessabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My 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 092
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026An 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.indyweek.comDurham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level CrimesDurham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found. 12614
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New 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...404media.coUniversity Rescinds Job Offer to Activist Who Allegedly Wiped Phone Before DHS Could Search ItSamuel 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 ... 531348630
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsEmily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A 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 journeyheated.worldThe open houses at the edge of disasterWhat are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out. 421283408
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsSarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Boots Riley is in town today, with two free public screenings of “I Love Boosters” followed by Q&As - link below! 14615
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY 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.”indyweek.comCAM 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. 041
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Screenings are at 1:30pm & 7pm cinematicarts.duke.edu/screensociet...cinematicarts.duke.eduI Love Boosters (2026) + panel discussion w/ dir. Boots Riley | Cinematic Arts[+Export to Calendar (Outlook)] [ 010
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Boots Riley is in town today, with two free public screenings of “I Love Boosters” followed by Q&As - link below! 14615
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A 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.indyweek.comBoots 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." 03211
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The 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.indyweek.comCAM 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. 082
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026the most batshit story (+ excellent headline) you’ll read this week 063
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In this @ccourtneybohl.bsky.social story, professional pickleball 🤝 private equityindyweek.comRelishing the Sights, Sounds, and Sales Pitches at the Veolia Pickleball Tournament in CaryRelishing the sights, sounds, and sales pitches at the Veolia pickleball tournament in Cary 022
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I, 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...charlotteobserver.comA Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remainIn May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure. 612155849
Reposted by Sarah Edwardsallison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 09/09/2026really fun and thoughtful piece about zines and community in durham, nc 1177
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026the 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 010
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This 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. 😢 523225732736
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.”indyweek.comThe 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. 063
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 03/09/202635 years since the Hamlet corn processing plant fire. I think of a quote from this interview with Howard Craft often. 161
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsWUNC News @wunc.org · 27/08/2026On 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...wunc.orgAt The Pinhook in downtown Durham, people gather to mourn and celebrate the life of Dolly PartonOn 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, ... 0111
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsWUNC News @wunc.org · 28/08/2026On 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...wunc.orgFor one night, a Filipino grocery store in Raleigh became a comedy clubOn 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... 271
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Our 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! 02611
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Features on Boardinghouse Arts, the Hayti Heritage Center, and Hyperlocal zines—plus, local exhibits, performances, and festivals to bookmark this fall.indyweek.comThe 2026 INDY Fall Arts IssueFeatures on Boardinghouse Arts, the Hayti Heritage Center, and Hyperlocal zines—plus, local exhibits, performances, and festivals to bookmark this fall. 042
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In 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.indyweek.comValerie Hillings On Fundraising, the Role of Regional Museums, and What Piece of Art She’d Most Like to Live InsideTalking with Valerie Hillings, whose eight-year role as director of the North Carolina Museum of Art ended on August 31. 062
Reposted by Sarah EdwardsSarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I 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...indyweek.com“We Have Always Been a Convener”: How the Hayti Heritage Center's Programming Bridges the Past, Present, and FutureWith new leadership and a golden anniversary newly under its belt, the cultural center looks to support the next generation of artists. 0128