D. G. Martin is host of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, the state’s premier literary series. A graduate of Davidson College and Yale Law School and a former Green Beret, Martin practiced law in Charlotte for twenty years before joining the University of North Carolina, where he served as vice president for public affairs and chief legislative liaison. Since his retirement, he has served in interim leadership positions at UNC-Pembroke, North Carolina Central University, Trust for Public Land, Triangle Land Conservancy, and North Carolina’s Clean Water Management Trust Fund and as president of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund. About forty North Carolina newspapers carry his weekly newspaper column that features books, politics, and North Carolina culture.
