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)
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.
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)
“Summer Dawn” in Carolina
Friday from the Archives: “Summer Dawn,” a poem, by Priscilla Melchior, from NCLR 26 (2017)
A Frank and Open Willingness
Friday from the Archives: “That’s How We Learn”: Ben Fountain Talks With Student Veterans At ECU” compiled by Anna Froula with Sheena Eagan from NCLR 31 (2022)
Fielding Dawson’s “High Energy Dynamism”
Friday from the Archives: “What I Learned at Black Mountain – More!” essay by Fielding Dawson from NCLR 6 (1997)
Brains, Heart, and Courage: Martin Gardner
Friday from the Archives: “Martin Gardner: North Carolina’s Historian of Oz and Annotator of Alice,” interview by Mark I. West from NCLR 10 (2001)
Ground(ed) in Purpose: Ron Rash in Appalachia
Friday from the Archives: “Ron Rash’s Serena and the “blank and pitiless gaze” of Exploitation in Appalachia” by Joyce Compton Brown with Mark Powell from NCLR 19 (2010)
Hope-Gill on Healing Intersections
Friday from the Archives: “Finding the Heart of Medicine: Intersections of Healthcare and Writing” by Laura Hope-Gill from NCLR 30 (2021)
Margaret Maron Investigates Before the Murder
Friday from the Archives: “Sister-in-Crime: An Interview with Margaret Maron” by Art Taylor from NCLR 2.1 (1994)
Grimsley Short Story is “Right Here”
Friday from the Archives: “He’s Right Here, He Says” a short story by Jim Grimsley from NCLR 25 (2016)