Nancy Stancill

Comments on ‘Tall’

“Whether you’re a six-footer or you top off at five feet, ["Tall"] is a reminder that how you measure yourself is more of a determiner of your success and well-being than any measure on a yardstick.”

– Judy Goldman

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“Nancy Stancill takes readers on a grand adventure, from her early life as a painfully shy, 6-foot teenager, to a kickass reporter who learned that height can be power.”

– Cindy Montgomery

Excerpts from recent posts on ‘Tall’

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  • Carolina Alumni Review publishes note about ‘Tall’

    The May-June 2021 edition of the Carolina Alumni Review – the one with Roy Williams on the cover – included this item on “Tall” in its Books section.

  • Landis Wade podcast about ‘Tall’

    May 7, 2021 The conversation below with Charlotte podcaster Landis Wade at charlottereaderspodcast.com was recorded in February and released today. I read from “Tall” and we talked about the book.   Landis describes “Tall” as “an authentically written and compulsively readable memoir of Nancy’s life from gangly teen to investigative reporter.” The podcast ...

  • Happy (Bookers) Hour

    Feb. 20, 2021 Nancy talked about “Tall” during a Zoom meeting of the Happy Bookers book club. The Feb. 18 meeting included a lengthy Q&A session.

  • Why I wrote a memoir before another novel

    Feb. 7, 2021 I’ve written two novels about Annie Price, investigative reporter, and intend to write a third – someday. Readers ask me: Why take the time and energy to write a memoir when you could be working on that next piece of fiction? The simplest answer, as Socrates said, is “The ...

  • ‘I really wanted to leave a legacy’

    Jan. 5, 2021 Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald writer Rachel Wartian wrote about “Tall” and the stories Nancy Stancill tells about her parents, who were longtime residents of Suffolk. The online article is here. A picture of the article published in the newspaper Jan. 6 is below.

  • Daily Tar Heel reports on memoir by one of the newspaper’s alumnae

    Jan. 3, 2021 Lily Chubb at the Daily Tar Heel at UNC Chapel Hill published an article about DTH alumna Nancy Stancill’s memoir, Tall. Read the news article online here. A PDF of the article is here.  – – – By Lily Chubb January 3, 2021 | 7:46pm EST headline: “UNC alumna Nancy Stancill writes memoir ...

Excerpts from posts on ‘Saving Texas’

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Excerpts from my blog posts

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  • The Last Day

    March 19, 2021 I wrote this poem about my mother-in-law Jaye, who died two weeks ago. The Last Day Hungry. Stop for a chicken sandwich. Arrive at the nursing home by 1:15 p.m. In Jaye’s room, an attendant tells us gently: She ...

  • Building a legacy

    Jan. 28, 2021 I walked into the Charlotte Observer building for the first time in the spring of 1993. An editor had asked me to apply for an investigative reporting job ...

  • The world’s best job

    Oct. 7, 2017 I never chose my job. Journalism found me. My father was successively the editor and publisher of two small Virginia newspapers owned by a chain. The first was located ...

  • Secession was just a plot line, until…

    Aug. 13, 2016 This article was published Aug. 12 as an op-ed in the News & Observer under the headline “Texit? In US today, a surprising amount of secessionist sentiment.” It ...

  • Old KGB agent knows what’s best for Texas?

    June 1, 2016 I had no idea that Vladimir Putin had an opinion on Texas secession until I saw this editorial comment in Sunday’s London Times. Could I somehow get a ...

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