“Holy Ground” by Catherine Carter
Friday from the Archives: “The Influx”, “Holy Ground,” and “In the Graveyard” three poems by Catherine Carter with art by Jane Filer in NCLR 2011
News
Webb reviews McGaha
Saturday Review: “Creating a Midlife of Surprise and Delight” a review by Patricia R. Webb in NCLR Spring 2025 of Jennifer McGaha’s The Joy Document (2024).
“Rain” by Susan Laughter Meyers
Friday from the Archives: “Rain” the 2013 James Applewhite Poetry Prize poem
by Susan Laughter Meyers with art by Leah Sobsey in NCLR 2014
NCLR Editor at Friends of Joyner Library
Editor Dr. Margaret Bauer will join this year’s Friends of Joyner Library Annual Meeting.
“At the end of the day, we’re all poets”
“So as far as my own words, performing them. I think it’s bringing life to something that you’re very passionate to talk about, and that can also go up to when you’re doing written words in a book. But I think when you get a chance to perform, It is because you already have in your mind, Have a certain way you want to perform something…”
Hans reviews Wolf & McGee
Saturday Review: “Wolf and McGee in the Outfield” a review by Shelby Hans in NCLR Online Spring 2025 of Thomas Wolf’s The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932 (2023) and Ryan McGee’s Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer, at the Perfect Ballpark, at the Perfect Time (2023)
“Actaeaon and Diana” by Alan Shapiro
Friday from the Archives: “Actaeon and Diana” by Alan Shapiro with art by Frank Hunter in NCLR 2004
NCLR’s 2025 Spring Issue with New Fiction by Jim Grimsley
Our Spring issue, due out for release later this month, contains a new short story by Jim Grimsley, poetry from the ’24 Applewhite contest, 21 book reviews, and more!
Poston Reviews Amen
Saturday Review: “Impermanent Tableau” a review by David Poston forthcoming in the NCLR Online Spring 2025 of John Amen’s poetry collection, Dark Souvenir (2024).
“Blossoming Poplars” by James Applewhite
Friday from the Archives: “Blossoming Poplars,” “Unpublished Interview,” “Repairing the Farmhouse,” “The Home Place,” and “Along the Ridge”: five poems by James Applewhite with art by Paul Hartley in NCLR 2010