Comedy from Jake Mills
Friday from the Archives: “Ruins of Time” a short story by Jerry Leath Mills from NCLR 17 (2008)
By Josie Klacker, Intern
Mills shared a memory for our 2008 “North Carolina Humor: The Old Mirth State” issue…
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.
A Contemporary Fairy Tale by Mebane Holomon Burgwyn
Friday from the Archives: “Tani” a children’s story and illustrations by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn in NCLR 2006
“Compounds of metal and human desires”
Friday from the Archives: ““living deeper into matter”: Robert Frost’s “Kitty Hawk” and the Creation of Nature” by William Stott in NCLR 2003
Our special feature of 2003 was “Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the First Flight: Aviation in North Carolina Literature and Letters”, so fitting we should revisit for Aviation History Month.
An “Educational Experiment” Jolted By War
Friday from the Archives: “Getting By and Through the ’40s” by I.S. Nakata in NCLR 2023
Black Mountain College, which we featured in our 1995 issue, had its heyday during the 1940’s. World War II impacted the college …
“Harvest Time” by Tonya Holy Elk
Friday from the Archives: “Harvest Time” a poem by Tonya Holy Elk with art by Joan C. Blackwell in NCLR 2023
November is Native American Heritage Month!
The Dark and the Light of Poetry
Friday from the Archives: “Not Always a “Piece of Cake”: Harrowing Humor in the Poetry of Kathryn Stripling Byer” an interview by James Smith in NCLR 2008
Transparency in Teaching How to Write
Friday from the Archives: “an artist’s artist, y’all: weird, unique, and oh so smart and talented”: An Interview with Leah Hampton by Christy Alexander Hallberg with photography by Bayard Wootten in NCLR 2022
Have you already submitted your original unpublished short fiction story for this year’s Doris Betts Fiction Prize Contest?
Our Changing Region
Friday from the Archives: “The Way It Was, the Way It Still Is: Documenting My Own Life in a Tenant Farmer’s Family” essay by Linda Flowers from NCLR 1 (1992)
By Vicki Mass, Intern
First Lady of NC Horror, Frances Wellman
Friday from the Archives: “Frances Garfield: A Teller of Horror Tales but Not for Women Only” by Bertie E. Fearing in NCLR 1993
By Samantha Higgins, Intern
Our 1993 issue contains a section dedicated to Manly Wade Wellman, including an interview with his wife
The Story They Tell
Friday from the Archives: “The Dead Ain’t Helpless” by Louise Anderson in NCLR 1993
As ECU’s yearly Ghost Walk event approaches, let’s revisit “The Dead Ain’t Helpless,” one of Louise Anderson’s folklore stories…