Abrams reviews Cariño
Saturday Review: “Sugar Burns Bitter” a review by Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Ina Cariño’s collection Feast (2023)
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.
Duncan reviews Ricketson
Saturday Review: “Words Worth Hearing” a review by Julia Nunnally Duncan in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Mary Ricketson’s novel Stutters: A Book of Hope (2023)
Smith reviews Rash
Saturday Review: “And We Are Here, Right Here” a review by Jimmy Dean Smith in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Ron Rash’s novel The Caretaker (2023)
Wilson reviews Boyles
Saturday Review: “Debut Novel By Carolina Newcomer Offers Thrill Ride” a review by Henry L. Wilson of Bark On by Mason Boyles (2023) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Turner reviews Mustian
Saturday Review: “Swamp Girls In Trouble: Class, Race, and The Patriarchy In The Prohibition-era South” a review by Dennis R. Turner, Jr. of The Girls in the Stilt House. by Kelly Mustian (2021) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Colley reviews Tucker
Saturday Review: “Tripping on the Twelve Steps” a review by Sharon Colley of Bewilderness by Karen Tucker (2021) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Smith reviews Rowland
Saturday Review: “The Stories We Tell – And Don’t Tell” a review by Julia Ridley Smith of Inside the Wolf by Amy Rowland (2023) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Trayers reviews deGramont
Saturday Review: “An Agatha Christie Mystery – NOT Written By Agatha Christie”
a review by Shane Trayers of The Christie Affair (2023) by Nina de Gramont.
Duncan reviews Townsend
Saturday Review: “Split Identity and Shades of Local Color Writing” a review by Charles Duncan in NCLR Online Winter 2024 of Jacinda Townsend’s novel Mother Country (2022)
Knotts reviews Winslow
Saturday Review: “Community as Witness in West Mills” a review by Kristina L. Knotts in NCLR Online Winter 2024
De’Shawn Charles Winslow. Decent People (2023)