Kirkland reviews Absher
Saturday Review: “In a Beautiful but Fallen World” a review by James Kirkland of J.S. Absher’s Skating Rough Ground (2022) poetry collection in NCLR Online Winter 2025
Book Reviews
NCLR shares a Saturday Review Post weekly: usually a book review from the most recent or forthcoming online issue, but sometimes, in recognition of current events, from a back issue.
Knox reviews Youmans
Saturday Review: “What Blooms in the Wildwood?” a review by Amber Knox of Marly Youmans’ book Seren of the Wildwood (2023) in NCLR Online Winter 2025
Robert reviews Martin
Saturday Review: “The Images That Made Us” a review by Terry Roberts of Brent Martin’s book George Masa’s Wild Vision: A Japanese Immigrant Imagines Western North Carolina (2022) in NCLR Online Winter 2025
McGaha reviews Sedaris
Saturday Review: “Have No Fear: David Sedaris is Still Here” a review by Jennifer McGaha of David Sedaris’ collection Happy-Go-Lucky in NCLR Online Winter 2025
Godwin reviews Claxton and Frizzel
Saturday Review: “‘What the mountains and forests did for me’: A Fine Collection of Kephart’s Words” a review by Rebecca Godwin of Mae Miller Claxton and George Frizzel’s collection Horace Kephart: Writings in NCLR Online Winter 2025
Tilley reviews Reinhardt
Saturday Review: “A New Playground,” a review by Wendy Tilley of Susan Reinhardt’s novel The Beautiful Misfits (2023) in NCLR Online Winter 2025
Kesler reviews Hill
Saturday Review: “Good is Circumstantial” a review by Jon Kesler of Halle Hill’s short story collection Good Women Stories in NCLR Online Winter 2025
Smith reviews Eubanks and Simpson
Saturday Review: “The Lands that Shape Us” a review by Evan Peter Smith in NCLR Online Spring 2025 of Georgann Eubanks’ Saving the Wild South: The Fight for Native Plants on the Brink of Extinction (2021) and Bland Simpson’s North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky (2021)
Crone Reviews Orr
Saturday Review: “Bringing the Hidden into the Light” a review by Moira Crone in NCLR Online Spring 2025 of Elaine Neil Orr’s Dancing Woman (2025) novel
Haspel reviews Ewen & Shields
Saturday Review: “Becoming the Lost Colony” a review by Donald Paul Haspel in NCLR Online Winter 2025 of Charles R. Ewen and E. Thomson Shields Jr.’s book, Becoming the Lost Colony (2024