Simpson reviews Gerard
Saturday Review: “Philip Gerard, American Anthem” a review by Bland Simpson of the memoir
Philip Gerard. Words & Music: An Album of a Life in Story and Song (2023) in NCLR Online Spring 2024
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.
Kesler reviews Duncan
Saturday Review: “Reflections on Self and Family” a review by Jon Kesler in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Julia Nunnally Duncan’s novel All We Have Loved (2023)
Trzepacz reviews Bare
Saturday Review: “Amethyst Eyes” a review by Abby Trzepacz in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Micki Bare’s novel Blind Fairy (2023)
Coby reviews Ballingrud
Saturday Review: “Adventures, Entrepeneurs, and Scoundrels” a review by Jim Coby in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Nathan Ballingrud’s novel The Strange (2023)
Kessel reviews Bailey
Saturday Review: “Fright Night” a review by John Kessel in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Dale Bailey’s collection This Island Earth: 8 Features from the Drive-In (2023)
Gaspeny reviews Bathanti
Saturday Review: “A Song From the Combustible Heart of Pittsburgh” a review by Michael Gaspeny in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Joseph Bathanti’s collection The Act of Contrition & Other Stories (2023)
Bennett reviews McCorkle
Saturday Review: “Reflection Against the Darkness” a review by Barbara Bennett in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Jill McCorkle’s collection Old Crimes and Other Stories (2024)
Wilhelm reviews Morgan Essays
Saturday Review: “Fearsome Accomplishment”” a review by Randall Wilhelm in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Robert Morgan: Essays on the Life and Work (2022), edited by Robert M. West and Jesse Graves
Hovis reviews Morgan
Saturday Review: “Appalachian Journeys” a review by George Hovis in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Robert Morgans’s collection In the Snowbird Mountain and Other Stories (2023) and Rebecca Godwin’s monograph Community Across Time: Robert Morgan’s Words for Home (2023)
Cory reviews Hecimovich
Saturday Review: “Uncovering North Carolina’s Early Literary History” a review by Jessica Cory in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Gregg Hecimovich’s book The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman’s Narrative (2023)