The plural possessive is intentional. This blog will give all of NCLR’s editors a place to tell you how they contribute to NCLR’s mission to preserve and promote North Carolina’s rich literary history.
“Serendipity: The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.” I wouldn’t call it serendipity that all our incredible writers have come from North Carolina (our soil seeming to provide sustenance for writerly types from Murphy to Manteo), but it is highly likely that many readers find favorite passages/poems/books/writers that way.
Graduate Student and Editorial Assistant Kenly Corya shares her uplifting experience at the NCWN Fall Conference.
How has NCLR touched you? Your first story or poem publication? An interview or essay that brought serious critical attention to your writing? A review of your latest book—or a review that prompted you to read a really good book? An essay about a North Carolina writer you’d not heard of before, and now you’re reading their work?
I can remember the first time someone other than friends and family told me I had a knack for writing. It was my senior year… Read More »The Time Will Pass Anyway, or, a Poet’s Guide to Becoming an Editor
Almost all (we missed Dana and Jeff!) of the current editorial staff gathered at Editor Margaret Bauer’s home near ECU this past week to finally meet each other in person!
Prepping for this interview, I had perused my bookshelves thinking, Now which of these Southern writers are from North Carolina? Then I grabbed a slim volume by Fred Chappell to read on the plane…
I must have this book on my shelf. And I can’t wait to talk with author Marjorie Hudson about this incredible novel. (Yes, I did take notes as I read of things I want to talk with the author about.)
Rich, varied stories about queer experiences are, truly, critical. And we have much to learn from these writings produced by and about established and emerging North Carolina LGBTQ+ writers. I truly look forward to the submissions we receive and the publication of the special feature.
From the initial drafting of the CFP to finalizing content, the entire process has been an immense amount of work but rewarding all along the way.
I don’t know what made me grab Dawn Shamp’s 2008 novel _On Account of Conspicuous Women_ from the shelf where it was lying down among other books too tall for the height of the bookshelves.