Friday from the Archives: “The last ghost is always the lies that are told”: An Interview with Khalisa Rae Thompson by Maia L. Butler from NCLR Issue 31 (2022)
This week, we are continuing highlighting performance poetry for our first annual Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Contest.
“…in this collection, Becker allows readers to engage with the Cherokee past and how it bleeds into a present-day North Carolina, reminding us of a long ago home.”
Friday from the Archives: “Glenis Redmond: Poet, Teaching Artist, Griot” written by Lisa Sarasohn from NCLR Issue 28 (2019)
The North Carolina Literary Review is accepting submissions for the 2023 Applewhite Poetry Prize from April 1 through April 30.
“Collected Poems of Marty Silverthorne is the tenth compilation of poetry from a man whose writing supported his own healing as it showed the world a quadriplegic person’s capabilities.” Godwin writes.
Friday from the Archives: “The Deep Shovel: A Conversation with Jaki Shelton Green” by Amber Flora Thomas from NCLR Issue 25 (2016)
Our 2022 Applewhite Poetry Prize winners and finalists will read online on April 11th, in partnership with NC Humanities.
The North Carolina Literary Review is pleased to announce Professor and Poet Meg Day will judge the annual James Applewhite Poetry Contest in April 2023. The Applewhite Poetry contest is open to any North Carolina poet, residing here currently or previously.
“Their experiences transform a typical coming-of-age novel into one that exhibits the coming of not just knowledge but wisdom, revealing the novel’s power to develop universal themes, deepening its significance for readers.”
Monique Truong will visit UNC-CH on March 28th. From the archives, we revisit her interview in our 2015 “Global Contexts” issue.