The Gift of Paul Green
Friday from the Archives: “Paul Green: A Professor of the Practice of Playwriting” an essay by Georgann Eubanks from NCLR 31 (2022)
From The Archives
Each Friday, NCLR will post content from past issues. All past issues are currently available for purchase. Or check your library’s digital collections to read the full piece.
Get Ready for Green Fest
Friday from the Archives: “Get Ready for Green Fest”: a look back at a Paul Green essay in the 2012 issue’s feature of NC Literature into Film, in anticipation of an upcoming NCLR event
Proving Faith with Snakes
Friday from the Archives: “Blind Faith” by David McGuirt from NCLR 19 (2010) By Kenly Corya, Editorial Assistant As Appalachia recovers from a catastrophic hurricane,… Read More »Proving Faith with Snakes
Grieving Garden
Friday from the Archives: “How Does Your Garden Grieve?” by Martin K. Smith from NCLR 10 (2001) By Kenly Corya, Editorial Assistant “There was once… Read More »Grieving Garden
Hunting the Monster of Slavery
Friday from the Archives from Senior Editorial Assistant Amber Knox: “Aun’ Peggy: Charles Chesnutt’s Vampire Slayer?” an essay by Trudier Harris from NCLR 2019
King Mackerel Keeps Running
Friday from the Archives: “King Mackerel and the Blues Are Running” a song by Bland Simpson and Jim Wann introduced by Jerry Leath Mills from NCLR 14 (2005)
Reimagining Place: David Gessner interview
Friday from the Archives: “breaking down walls”: An Interview with David Gessner
by Dominique Marshall from NCLR 20 (2011)
We’re revisiting some of our former student assistants for our current crowdfunding campaign, going on through October 15th, with our partner ECU Advancement.
Freedom of Speech: Books
Friday from the Archives: “Banned Anything Good Lately?” by Gene D. Lanier from NCLR 1 (1992)
Gene Lanier, an professor of Library and Information Science at ECU, wrote three “Freedom of Speech” columns for three early issues of NCLR: “Banned Anything Good Lately?” in 1992, “Who Knows What You’ve Been Reading?” in 1993, “Is Hate a Family Value?” in 1995.
Community Action in Gastonia
Friday from the Archives: “Resisting Being Written Out of History: Women Activists and Recorders of the 1929 Gastonia Strike” by Walter Squire from NCLR 9 (2000)
The Work of the Story: From Book to Screen
Friday from the Archives: ““History v. Hollywood: Civil Rights Meet Silver Screen; or, ‘writing history with lightning,’” by Timothy B. Tyson from NCLR 21 (2012)