From The Archives

Friday from the Archives: the first Susan Laughter Meyers poem we published–from our 2002 issue–inspired by art by Betty Hendrix. Note that right now, submissions… Read More »Morning Prayers with Susan Meyers

Friday from the Archives: Read the introduction to an essay on Reynolds Price’s novel Kate Vaidan. This issue is still available for purchase.

For the first Friday from the Archives in Pride Month: Read Gary Richards’s essay on “Allan Gurganus and His Dildoes.”

Friday from the Archives on Memorial Day weekend: Read about Black Military Heroism in James E. McGirt’s Writings in NCLR 2014, which featured War in… Read More »Read about James E. McGirt’s Writings

Friday from the Archives: read a taste of the premiere Alex Albright CNF Prize-winning essay by Zackary Vernon , published in 2016. Then stay tuned!… Read More »Premiere Albright Prize Winner

Friday from the Archives: Read Barbara Bennett’s essay on teaching Jill McCorkle’s novel Ferris Beach to high school students. Then think about “Teaching NC Literature.”

For this Friday from the archives, we remember Richard Krawiec’s moving, provocative (and particularly timely this week) play “Lovers,” published in NCLR 2009 (with art… Read More »A Play by Richard Krawiec

Since tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day, our Friday from the Archives features Cynthia Lewis’s 2016 essay about book clubs, which features bookstores. Read the first… Read More »Upcoming Independent Bookstore Day!

Friday from the Archives with NCLR Poetry Editor Jeff Franklin in town, we’re giving away 2007 issues featuring an interview with him. Back issues can… Read More »What Poetry Can Do

Friday from the Archives on this Easter weekend: a 2005 poem by Lorrin Willis, with art by David Charles Terry, entitled Easter.