NCLR Online Fall 2024

North Carolina Disability Literature

cover art by Nysie Hurst

NCLR Online Fall 2024 Press Release

Signing Off

section introduction by Casey Keyser, Guest Feature Editor

“Barb Cherry’s art punctuates Eckard’s piece, adding affecting images in oil on canvas that resonate with the essay’s themes.”

Year of the Acorns
creative nonfiction by Ashley Harris
art by Nysie Hurst

Singlehanded Wisdom
an essay by Vivian I. Bikulege

War, Motherhood, and Disability in Lee Smiths’ On Agate Hill
by Paula Gallant Eckard
art by Barb Cherry

How else not to be Lost
a review by Robert M. West
James Seay, Come! Come! Where? Where?

Elegy for a Friend
a poem by Priscilla Melchior
photography by Bill Griffin

‘Tis the Season

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor

“If the feature topics echoed in all of this writing appeal to you, remember that all of these back issues – indeed, all of our back issues – are available for purchase.”

A Modern Poem
by the Mecklenburg Censor
introduction by E. Thomsen Shields, Jr.

Highway 17 (failing at journalism)
Rose Post Nonfiction Prize Winner
by Nikolai Mather

The Way Home
a short story by Ronald Jackson
art by Chris Liberti

Growing Gracefully
a review by Amber Knox
Karen Jones, The Summer of Grace

Emergency Salad Dressing
a review by Wendy Tilley
Ena Jones, Six Feet Below Zero

Timely Portrayals of a Place
a review by Elaine Thomas
David Joy, Those We Thought We Knew
C.L. Willis, Hillbilly Odyssey
photography by James O. Reynolds

Space and Time in the Appalachians
a review by John Charles Ryan
Loss Pequeño Glazier, Transparent Mountain

Appalachian Morning and
Things that lift my heart and make it glad
two poems by Maria Rouphail
photography by James O. Reynolds and art by Paul Rouphail

North Carolina Writers Conference Celebrates 75 Years
by Robert G. Anthony, Jr.

A Very Good Year for Writing

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor

“Our writing contests sure are thriving. You’ll read here three stories from the 2023 Doris Betts Fiction Prize contest. . . . Submissions to the Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize contest tripled from last year’s premiere.”