“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.”
Book Reviews
NCLR will share a “new” book review weekly: usually from the most recent or forthcoming online issue, but sometimes, in recognition of current events, from a back issue.
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
A Novel for Our Times
Saturday Review in 2022! Jenn Brandt explains how the North Carolina setting of Megan Goldin’s The Night Swim works so well for the novel’s exploration… Read More »A Novel for Our Times
Two Books by Scott Owens
Saturday Review in 2022: For NCLR Online Fall 2022, Jim Kirkland reviewed two recent collections by Scott Owens.
Two-Time Betts Prize Winner’s New Short Story Collection Reviewed
Saturday Review in 2022: Read Dennis Turner’s review essay on TWO-TIME Doris Betts Fiction Prize winner Robert Wallace’s new short story collection in NCLR Online… Read More »Two-Time Betts Prize Winner’s New Short Story Collection Reviewed
Beloved Writer/Teacher Kevin McIlvoy
Saturday Review in 2022: Saddened to hear of the sudden passing last week of a member of the North Carolina writing community, Kevin McIlvoy, we… Read More »Beloved Writer/Teacher Kevin McIlvoy