Contributors

WILL LINGO / WRITER

Will Lingo grew up in Goldsboro (home of Wilber’s Barbecue) and has spent large swaths of his life thinking about barbecue or baseball—or both. He went to school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and purchased the sign off the front of iconic Allen & Son Barbecue when it shut down in 2018. He worked at Baseball America magazine in Durham for more than 20 years, serving as editor in chief and later publisher. He is now a partner in Helium Agency, a sports marketing agency based in Durham. While spending most of his working life in Durham, he has lived in Raleigh for more than 25 years, with his wife and two children, and at last count, two dogs.

TAYLOR MCDONALD /

PHOTOGRAPHER Taylor McDonald grew up in Raleigh. She graduated from The Savannah College of Art and Design in 2015 with a BFA in Photography. After school, she moved back to the Triangle to start her own business. In her free time, she loves shooting personal projects with her film camera. “Liz Kelly’s pottery work offers more than a beautiful place to nourish. Each cup, plate, bowl, seems to tell a story. Her work is modern, yet also links the viewer to the past. It’s amazing to watch how effortlessly she molds earth into art.” COLONY LITTLE / WRITER

Colony Little is a Raleigh-based freelance writer and the creator of Culture Shock Art, a site dedicated to the synergies between art, music and design. Little started her site while living in California, writing about the street art she encountered on her commute to downtown Los Angeles. Its spontaneity captured the pulse of a city with a sense of immediacy. “Writing about the plywood murals that were created in response to the Movement for Black Lives was special to me. As our community continues to heal and create paths toward restorative justice, we look to art to help us process the emotional weight of these historic times.”

BOB KARP /

PHOTOGRAPHER Bob Karp moved to Cary from New Jersey after a 30-year career as a photo editor, staff photographer and multimedia producer for the Gannett NJ Press Media group. He lives here with his wife, Claudia, and dog, Bodhi. Karp’s always felt at home at the shore, so in discovering the beauty of Topsail Island, he thinks he’s found his new muse. Shooting the Surf City feature was a dream come true. “I was a Jersey Shore and Cape Cod lifer before moving south and discovering the shores of Topsail Island. After I learned its correct pronunciation— and gained an obsession with shark tooth hunting—it’s become one of my favorite places on the planet.”