Tag: Roanoke

The Human Toll of the Opioid Crisis is Painfully Felt in ‘Dopesick’

Book review: Dopesick, by Beth Macy (Amazon / Book Depository) The first time Ed Bisch heard the word “OxyContin,” his son was dead from it. Journalist Beth Macy is a longtime reporter with the Roanoke Times. Beginning in 2012, from her vantage point within the Roanoke community, she observed the swiftly worsening opioid crisis as... Continue Reading →

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Reinvestigating Roanoke

Book review: The Secret Token, by Andrew Lawler (Amazon / Book Depository) Roanoke has long been a setting for our national nightmares. A recurring topic of Andrew Lawler's new exploration into the lost colony of settlers at Roanoke in the 1580s is just how much this story, from the early beginnings of European history in... Continue Reading →

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