Jesus Swept (and BlueNC) get some ink

I confess I've been on the edge of my seat for weeks wondering what The Independent would have to say about Jesus Swept. Especially since my book was in the hands of veteran political reporter, Bob Geary.

I couldn't be happier.

As "Anglico" (and later, as "James"), Chapel Hill's James Alexander Protzman has been the co-creator and driving force behind BlueNC.com, where the good, the bad and the strange sides of North Carolina politics are—from a progressive perspective—existentially explored.

Now, in his debut novel, Jesus Swept, Protzman turns a knowing eye to the weirdness of our everyday existence in the Tar Heel State. As the title suggests, Protzman locates the crux of the matter in our search for life's meaning, which for an eclectic cast of characters takes every possible religious shape, from pagan worship to one character's discovery of three new "commandments."