Finding Grace “South of Heaven”
“The result is warm and respectful, even as the family in Meredith’s novel wrestles with the burdens of their personal and collective demons.”
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.
Last Review of the Year, First from Winter 2023 Online Issue
For the last Saturday Review in 2022, here is the first of the reviews forthcoming in the Winter 2023 online issue, due out in February:… Read More »Last Review of the Year, First from Winter 2023 Online Issue
Review of New Collection by NCLR Poetry Editor
“Jeffrey Franklin still finds his figures of poet and homely muse in the fields and healing woods of North Carolina.”
Goldman is “In Search of Understanding”
“As she works through her memories of the past and her love for Mattie, Goldman asks, and answers, a number of smaller mysteries.”
“A Study of the Human Animal”: Nixon reviews Sedaris
“The Best of Me demonstrates emphatically that David Sedaris relishes placing Homo sapiens beneath the proverbial microscope.”
A Review of the 2022 Sir Walter Raleigh Award Winner
We published Susan O’Dell Underwood’s review of the winning book, In the Lonely Backwater, as part of our fall issue online.
“Sound and Sense Take Flight” in Beam poetry
“Spectral Pegasus / Dark Movements is a rich collection of poetry, visual art, and music that transcends customary boundaries between aesthetic discipline.”
“Understanding Present Through the Past”: a review of Gerard’s Civil War compilation
Moser draws the reader’s attention from The Last Battleground straight through to Gerard’s award-winning book Cape Fear Rising.
“Bless all that rusts and ages”: Clark on Jones & Maginnes
Saturday Review in 2022: For NCLR Online Fall 2022, Jim Clark reviews new work by Paul Jones and Al Maginnes. Calendar pages turn. Leaves fall… Read More »“Bless all that rusts and ages”: Clark on Jones & Maginnes
NCLR Editorial Assistant Reviews Last Year’s Betts Prize Winner’s Novel
Saturday Review in 2022! Since pre-registration for fall began at ECU yesterday. this week’s review is by NCLR Senior Editorial Assistant Megan Smith, a reminder… Read More »NCLR Editorial Assistant Reviews Last Year’s Betts Prize Winner’s Novel