NCLR 2018 – North Carolina Literary Review

Special Feature: North Carolina on the Map and in the News

cover design by Dana Ezzell Lovelace

NCLR 2018 Press Release [PDF]

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Pushcart Nominations
J.S. Absher
Christina Clark
Priscilla Melchior
Robert Wallace
John Thomas York

The Famous and Infamous

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor [PDF]

“There certainly is much to be proud of in North Carolina, not the least of which are our many writers well-known around the globe. At that same North Carolina Writers Conference, Zackary Vernon interviewed world-famous Allan Gurganus for this issue, largely about the writer’s activism on behalf of his home state – and against those who betray our ideals, whether with hateful bigotry or by withdrawing support from public education. He will not stay silent as he witnesses North Carolina’s national rankings slip in one category after another.”

From Manteo to Murphy:
A Writer’s Personal Journey
an essay by Margaret Maron

Writers Empowering Readers:
An Interview with Allan Gurganus
by Zackary Vernon

A Moment on Hooper Lane:
How We See, How We Are Seen
an essay by Bland Simpson
Preview here.

Transcendentalism in the Albemarle:
The Case of W.O. Saunders
by Brian Edwards

“Into the Vast Unknown”: The Changing Ending
of Paul Green’s The Lost Colony
by E. Thomson Shields

Therese Ann Fowler and Maligned Women:
Setting the Story Straight on Zelda Fitzgerald
and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
an interview by Sheryl Cornett

May 1954
a poem by Priscilla Melchior
art by Jamaal Barber

Collard-Kraut and Blueberry BBQ: Discovering Vivian Howard’s Corner of the South
by Sally F. Lawrence

Flashbacks: Echoes of Past Issues

Burke Davis family, including his daughter, Angela (now Davis-Gardner)

Bringing North Carolina Literary Treasures, Old and New, to Light

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor [PDF]

“Anyone who works with the literary Two other of North Carolina’s literary gems who have shared their talent with NCLR year after year are Fred Chappell and Allan Gurganus. Fred Chappell has written about the intercontinental novels of Angela Davis-Gardner, which we include in this section as a “flashback” to the 2015 global issue. In turn, Gary Richards revisits Allan Gurganus’s novel Plays Well with Others, which he wrote about for our 2008 humor issue, and in his witty essay, he alerts the writer to an outstanding debt.”

Building Beside the River, Reading Plato Outdoors, and A Poetry of Sunset
three poems by James Applewhite
art by Kristin Gibson, Hanna Jubran, and Jeff Kiefer

After My Brother Dies, I Leave for Italy
a poem by Diana Pinckney
art by Jeannine Marchand

Orphans and Outcasts:
The Novels of Angela Davis-Gardner
by Fred Chappell
Read the first page here. [PDF]

Composition
a poem by Kenneth Chamlee
art by Albert Bierstadt

Clear Ice
a poem by Richard Betz
art by Marjorie Brown Pierson

Amelia Speaks of Open Water
a poem by Jo Taylor
art by Marjorie Brown Pierson

Buckeyes
a poem by Laurence Avery
art by Susan Weil

Allan Gurganus and His Dildoes
an essay by Gary Richards

Allan Gurganus: Two Tributes

Allan Gurganus and The Idea of Home
an essay by Jane Holding

(Almost) Oldest Living Allan Gurganus Student Tells Some: With Condolences to Each and Every One Gathered (Who Must Listen)
an essay by J.W. Bonner

Brown Fedora
a poem by L. Teresa Church
art by Juan Logan

Billy Collins Pours Me a Beer
a poem by Catherine Carter
art by Beth Grabowski

In the Chapel and Children on Mertie Road (1960)
two poems by J.S. Absher
art by Ippy Patterson

The Science of Air
the Doris Betts Fiction Prize story
by Robert Wallace
art by Lori Vrba

Curse of Uncle Johnny
a poem by Marty Silverthorne
art by Sarah Blakeslee

Because I Won’t Be There When He Dies
a poem by Dannye Romine Powell
art by Barbara Tyroler

Driving with Lucretius and Severance
two poems by Annie Frazier
art by Jackson Martin

Seven Years on a Farm
the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize essay by John Thomas York

North Carolina Miscellany

The Many Friends of NCLR

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor [PDF]

“Anyone who works with the literary While I enjoy reconnecting with poets whose work has already appeared in our pages, naturally I also look forward to adding new writers to my ever-growing list of writer friends. One of those new friends is Susan O’Dell Underwood, whose essay published in this section was a finalist in the 2017 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize competition.”

Adrift in the Port City and Big Bad
the 2017 James Applewhite Poetry Prize and honorable mention poems by Christina Clark
art by Aaron Siskind

Jackson, from the third floor and
In your mother’s foothills
two poems by Sally Stewart Mohney
art by Alyssa Hinton

Denial in the Garden and Hurricane
two poems by K.E. Duffin
art by Luis Ardila

Leaving Lake Summit
a poem by Kimberly O’Connor
art by Ann Marie Kennedy

Feb 25
a poem by Jon Obermeyer
art by David Terry

Body Between Mirror and Wall
a poem by Kathleen Jones
art by Andrea Donnelly

Appetite
creative nonfiction by Susan O’Dell Underwood