Reading NC Fiction Old and New
Fiction Editor Rebecca Bernard talks NC fiction, past, present, and future.
Editors’ Blog
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.
“At the end of the day, we’re all poets”
“So as far as my own words, performing them. I think it’s bringing life to something that you’re very passionate to talk about, and that can also go up to when you’re doing written words in a book. But I think when you get a chance to perform, It is because you already have in your mind, Have a certain way you want to perform something…”
From Plate to Page: Intersections of Food and Poetry
A Guest post from our friends at the North Carolina Poetry Society. Reminder: April is National Poetry Month and the submission window for both our poetry contests!
Take a chance on your work!
To submit your work is to be noticed – it can truly elevate your presence in the competitive world of literature.
NCLR is a Living Laboratory
by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor On this Teaching Tuesday, and also just because I am so incredibly grateful, I want to celebrate NCLR’s Art Director,… Read More »NCLR is a Living Laboratory
NCLR Staff Continues to Expand
Please say hello to Kristi and Rebecca, our two newest editors on the NCLR team!
Discoveries at the Library
“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.
Writers’ Resiliency
Graduate Student and Editorial Assistant Kenly Corya shares her uplifting experience at the NCWN Fall Conference.
Our First Crowdfunding Campaign
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?
The Time Will Pass Anyway, or, a Poet’s Guide to Becoming an Editor
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