Knox reviews Berger
Saturday Review: “A Journey Through Unseen Worlds” a review by Amber Knox in NCLR Online Spring 2025 of Michele Tracy Berger’s story collection Doll Seed and Other Stories (2024)
News
Holograms and Stained Glass
Friday from the Archives: “Faces in Stained Glass” by Paul A. Gilster from NCLR 10 (2001) Chosen by Kenly Corya. This 20+ year old story speaks even more poignantly to today.
“My Stillborn Son, the Moon” Wins 2025 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Karen Sherk Chio takes the top prize, and all poets who placed and were selected as finalists included in our latest news.
Messer reviews Fiander
Saturday Review: “A Mix of Grief and Mystery” a review by Cody Messer of Matthew Fiander’s Ringing in Your Ears (2023) in NCLR Online Spring 2025
Messer describes Fiander’s debut novel as…
“Looking inward and upward”
Friday from the Archives: “Ultimate Trip” the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize essay by Steve Mitchell with art by Tim Christensen in NCLR 2022 | Two Albright winners fascinated by the stars.
Bradley reviews Tran
Saturday Review: “The Kindness in Anger,” a review by Onyx Bradley of Eric Tran’s Mouth, Sugar, and Smoke (2022) in NCLR Online Spring 2025.
Bradley reviews a recent collection of Tran’s poetry that touches on LGBTQ+ grief while not “letting the poems get too dark”.
“The idea of ‘blackness'”
Friday from the Archives: “A Visitation with Randall Kenan” an interview by George Hovis with art by Antoine Williams in NCLR 2019
Two new pieces about Kenan will be in our 2025 issue this summer.
Flagship Issue #34 for NCLR
Our 34th issue celebrates our award winners, artists, and our feature.
Their Own Voice, Their Own Words
2026 Guest Feature Editor Anna Froula shares more about why we’re featuring writing by and about NC veterans.
McGaha reviews Smith
Saturday Review: “A Stunning and Haunting Survival Story” a review by Jennifer McGaha in NCLR Online Spring 2025 of Stephanie Clare Smith’s Everywhere the Undrowned: A Memoir of Survival and imagination (2024)