
The Center for Documentary Studies is pleased to offer this new advanced writing class, to be taught by CDS writer in residence Duncan Murrell and novelist and essayist Rosecrans Baldwin. July 30–August 4, 2012 Center for Documentary Studies 1317 W. Pettigrew St. Durham, North Carolina This intensive one-week workshop on craft, structure, and the art [...]
Jun 19, 2012 | Categories:Continuing Education Courses, Courses, Programs+Projects | Tags: "All Things Considered", "Master Class in Nonfiction Writing" Course, "New York Times T" Magazine, "Paris I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" Book, "Salon" Magazine, "Slate" Magazine, "The Morning News" Magazine, "The Nation" Magazine, "You Lost Me There" Book, Algonquin Books, Duncan Murrell, Guernica, Harper's Magazine, New York Times, Rosecrans Baldwin, Southern Cultures Magazine, the guardian, The Normal School, The Oxford American | 2 Comments »

A unique upcoming event at UNC–Chapel Hill will explore a new twist in contemporary art. In “Metamorphs: Artists Spin Science, organized and moderated by UNC Distinguished Term Professor of Art elin o’Hara slavick, three “aesthetic game-changers” who are exploring the intersection of art and science will present their work, followed by a panel discussion with [...]
Mar 28, 2012 | Categories:Events+Exhibitions | Tags: "Metamorphs: Artis Spin Science", Brandon Ballengée, Duncan Murrell, elin o'Hara slavick, Harper's Magazine, Jane D. Marsching, Marina Zurkow, Roger Hodge, Southern Cultures Magazine, The Normal School, UNC | Leave A Comment »

Duncan Murrell is an award-winning writer and journalist from North Carolina. He is a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine and The Normal School and a consulting editor at Southern Cultures. Murrell has written about living in New Orleans for a year after Hurricane Katrina, as well as on such topics as immigration, politicians, termites, vultures, [...]
Dec 16, 2011 | Categories:CDS Recommends | Tags: "In the Year of the Storm" Essay, "The Best American Essays 2011" Book, "The Meat Horses of Serbia" Essay, Document, Documentary Writing, Documentary Writing Series, Duncan Murrell, Edwidge Danticat, Gary Hawkins, Harper's Magazine, Jeff Sharlet, Joel Mora, John Biewen, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Kelly Alexander, Paul Hendrickson, Siddhartha Deb, Southern Cultures Magazine, The Normal School | 1 Comment »

CDS Writer in Residence Duncan Murrell was the guest on WUNC’s (91.5 FM) “The State of Things” on December 5 with host Frank Stasio. Besides CDS and its documentary writing program, the wide-ranging discussion touched on . . . military service, New Orleans, termites, and bow hunting, among other topics. Duncan Murrell on “The State [...]
Dec 02, 2011 | Categories:CDS Recommends | Tags: Algonquin Books, Duncan Murrell, Faculty and Staff News, Frank Stasio, Guernica, Harper's Magazine, Kelly Alexander, Roger Hodge, Southern Cultures Magazine, The Normal School, The Oxford American, The State of Things, WUNC | Leave A Comment »