Book Reviews

Saturday Review in 2022: Read Helen Stead’s review of Jason Mott’s National Book Award winning novel! NCLR Editor Margaret Bauer will be teaching this novel… Read More »Jason Mott’s National Book Award Novel

Saturday Review in 2022: Read Laura Hope-Gill’s review of Blind Man’s Bluff by James Tate Hill, a memoir in which the author shares his experience… Read More »A review by Laura Hope-Gill

We already shared Dale Bailey’s Winter 2022 issue book review, but today’s Independent Bookstore Day, and his review features photos from some of North Carolina’s… Read More »Happy Independent Bookstore Day!

Saturday Review in 2022: Read Sharon E. Colley’s review of the 2021 Lee Smith Novel Prize winner, The Baddest Girl on the Planet by Heather… Read More »A review by Sharon E. Colley

“What would Lee Roberts think of his son Terry’s latest novel? Set on Ellis Island, it is a hard-boiled detective thriller, the type of book Mr. Roberts was addicted to, short chapters and all. 

Saturday Review in 2022: Read John Lang’s review of Lost Language, by Faith Shearin. Shearin’s collection of poems explores the language of marriage amid grievous… Read More »Faith Shearin’s Lost Language

Saturday Review in 2022: Read Jim Clark’s review of L.C. Fiore’s Coyote Loop and Terry Robert’s My Mistress’ Eyes Are Raven Black.

Saturday Review in 2022: Dale Bailey explores genre in his review of Michael Amos Cody’s, A Twilight Reel, and Tim Garvin’s, A Dredging in Swan.… Read More »Dale Bailey’s review

Saturday Review in 2022: Read James W. Kirkland’s review of Dark Side of North, a posthumously published, Roanoke-Chowan Award winning collection by the late, much… Read More »A review of Dark Side of North, by James W. Kirkland

Saturday Review in 2022: Read Kathryn Kirkpatrick’s review of a poetry collection by Rose McLarney. We hope it will inspire you (and both of these… Read More »A review by Kathryn Kirkpatrick