Writer Jill McCorkle talks about her afternoon as a non-hunter on a deer hunt; her encounter with Dottie, the rebellious beagle; and the necessity of wearing orange in winter. She also reads excerpts from her short story, “Dog Hunting” (featured in Eno Publishers’ 27 Views of Hillsborough: A Small Southern Town in Prose and Poetry).

Jill McCorkle's career as a writer is the stuff of legend. Her first two novels—The Cheer Leader and July 7th—were published on the same day in 1984, when she was in her mid-twenties. She has now published twelve novels and short story collections, most recently the highly acclaimed novel, Hieroglyphics. She has received numerous awards, and in 2018 was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. Jill’s work is also included in Eno Publishers’ anthology, The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food.