Michael Graff
SUCCESS magazine
Charlotte, NC, United States
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Past articles by Michael:
‘Maybe the Only Way to Have an Answer to the Unknown Is to Face It Every So Often’
There’s still a place for figuring things out on our own, for going into unfamiliar places without a manual, to get wet, to get lost. → Read More
The World Goes Round: On Life, Death and Keeping Busy in the Year That Changed Us
We’ll remember this year for the laughs, I hope. I have to think like this because the alternative is too bleak. Besides, what kind of father would I be if my son grows up hearing me say that his birth year was the “worst year ever”? → Read More
How Happy Are You?
If it’s been a while since you’ve asked yourself, “Am I happy?”—there’s no better time to start. → Read More
Along the Way: Castles Made of Sand
Along the Way: Castles Made of Sand … and the secrets our homes can hold Published: 2019.09.05 02:20 PM WHEN I WAS 15, my parents sold our very-country home down a gravel road and bought a slightly-less-country piece of property at the end of a paved street, then put a long modular home behind the tree line. This was the first time we’d owned a home in what you might call a “development,” and… → Read More
Along the Way: Life, Meaning, and the Senior Scholars
After 100 interviews with people from all over the city, a podcast host shares his lessons about what matters most → Read More
Along the Way, The Podcast: Episode 1
In the first episode of "Along the Way," the audio version of Michael Graff's backpage column in Charlotte magazine, we present "Chasing Gizmo: What I learned when the dog got loose." Read the original version of this story here. → Read More
Along the Way: Lil’ Muggs and Big Muggs
What sets Charlotte’s legendary figures apart? Consistency → Read More
24 Must-Try Fried Foods in Charlotte
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER TAYLORThe quarter-chicken dinner with dark meat from Price’s Chicken Coop.This list was updated in January 2020. FRIED. We do it best here in the South, a lingering hangover from a community’s desire to make something tasty out of something, well, not. Mushy chicken livers. Dirty catfish. Tough okra. Fry it, and people will eat it. Since those... → Read More
Along the Way: The Notes We Lose
An effort to preserve a string instrument in Italy, and why we should save the sounds of the things we hold dear → Read More
Teenage DACA Recipient Gets Full Ride Via Jordan Brand-Carolina Youth Coalition Program
Independence senior one of three recognized as All-Star Weekend begins → Read More
Every Voice, Lifted
A music-filled excursion from Charlotte to the Legacy Museum in Montgomery visits the painful stations along the long, hard freedom highway → Read More
What Nature Can Teach Us About Decision-Making
The Smart Swarm: How to Work Efficiently, Communicate Effectively, and Make Better Decisions Using the Secrets of Flocks, Schools and Colonies → Read More
Direct Flight: A Trip to the Bahamas, Where the Atlantic and Caribbean Meet
A remote island there is now reachable via direct flight → Read More
Along the Way: On the Importance of Making Lists
What to do, what to lose, what to read, what to cook, and what to contribute to a city in 2019 → Read More
The Ninth District and the Recurrence of Race
Restricting the voting rights of black people in eastern North Carolina has a long and dismal history. → Read More
Distrustful, Desperate and Forgotten: A Recipe for Election Fraud
How a small rural county’s petty political feuds could shape the next Congress. → Read More
Longer Than the Song of a Whip-poor-will
Writing and art from or about the South. Published Quarterly. → Read More
Life Lessons: District Attorney Spencer Merriweather
After sweeping the primaries and running unopposed in the general election, the D.A. gets another four years → Read More
The Real Bully in the CMS-Suburbs Debate
The CMS could have handled its response to the charter school fight better. But let’s not forget which ‘bully’ started it. → Read More
Considering the Panthers’ Past, Present, and Future
What will ownership under David Tepper mean for the Carolinas? → Read More