Land Of Enchantment

By Laura Lee,

Published March 24, 2015 at 11:48 AM EDT

For North Carolina author Liza Wieland, three separate narratives converged to her new book, Land of Enchantment.

The novel traces the experiences of three multiracial women in three different parts of the country. The characters share common themes around love, loss, racial identity and art.

Host Frank Stasio talks with writer and English professor at East Carolina University Liza Wieland.

She speaks tonight at 7 p.m. at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, tomorrow at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro, Thursday at Park Road Books in Charlotte, Saturday at City Lights Books in Sylva and April 8 at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham.

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Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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