“kwansaba crown” by Gideon Young
Friday from the Archives: “kwansaba crown” a poem by Gideon Young with art by Dare Coulter in NCLR 2021
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.
“That Lake, That July Sun” by Janis Harrington
Friday from the Archives: “That Lake, That July Sun” Applewhite Prize Poem by Janis Harrington with art by Kate Nartker in NCLR 2024
Remembering the Wilmington Race Riot
Friday from the Archives: “Black, White and Gray: The Wilmington Race Riot in Fact and Legend” by Bennet L. Steelman in NCLR 1994
Existing With Nature
Friday from the Archives: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Grackle by Janet Lembke from NCLR 1992
By Jayden Willis, Intern
Janet Lembke was… Read More »Existing With Nature
“The Last Sleep” by Jill McCorkle
Friday from the Archives: “The Last Sleep” a story by Jill McCorkle inspired by The Last Sleep by George Cochran Lambdin in NCLR 1997… Read More »“The Last Sleep” by Jill McCorkle
“America, I Sing Back” by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Friday from the Archives: “The Change; America, I Sing Back; Putting Up Beans; and Off-Season”
four poems by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke in NCLR 2020… Read More »“America, I Sing Back” by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
What Writers Do
Friday from the Archives: “Imprinted with Place: A Conversation at Home with James Applewhite” interview and photographs by Rob McDonald
To lightly adapt a saying:… Read More »What Writers Do
1898 to 1901 to 1994 to 2026
Friday from the Archives: “The Marrow of Tradition: Charles Chesnutt’s Novel of the South”
by Joyce Pettis in NCLR 1994
Add Charles Chesnutt’s The Marrow… Read More »1898 to 1901 to 1994 to 2026
Pitch and Timbre, Syntax and Rhythm
Friday from the Archives: “The “Inimitable Music” of Eastern North Carolina” an essay by Michael Parker with photography by Joshua Tyler Rivenbark in NCLR 2008… Read More »Pitch and Timbre, Syntax and Rhythm
Reynold Price’s Writing Instruction
Friday from the Archives: “Radio Writers: a review of two NPR collections” by James O. Chatham in NCLR 2002 Hard to believe we only have… Read More »Reynold Price’s Writing Instruction