Remembering Anita Collins
Friday from the Archives: “The Anderson Kid” by Anita Collins from NCLR 26 (2017).
We join family and friends in mourning the passing of Anita Collins, our ’16 Doris Betts Fiction Prize winner, who passed away in December.
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 Writing Space of One’s Own
Friday from the Archives: “Geography for Writers” by Lee Zacharias from NCLR 17 (2008).
The liminal space between years invites time to sit and think about works written, or needing to be.
The Briefest of Moments
Friday from the Archives: “The Culprit: Reflections on the Bleeding Edge” an essay by Daniel James Waters from NCLR 30 (2021).
What a gift, life is. Few are as aware of this truth on a daily basis as an operating room surgeon.
Hudson Represents Culture of Community
Friday from the Archives: “In the Company of Other Writers: An Interview with Marjorie Hudson” by Anne Anthony from NCLR 25 (2016)
One of our favorite parts of our mission of “preserving and promoting North Carolina’s rich literary culture” is getting to not only witness but be a part of a writer’s journey from the beginning.
The Romantic Spirit of Inglis Fletcher
Friday from the Archives: “The Land Always Calls to Its Own”: The Inglis Fletcher Papers”
by Maurice C. York from NCLR 1993. The first class of awards included such luminaries as Paul Green, Frank Borden Hanes, Hugh F. Rankin, and Inglis Fletcher.
“Window in Winter Light”
Friday from the Archives: “Window in Winter Light” a poem by Robert Hill from NCLR 25 (2016).
An elegant poem as winter draws in.
Eating, Writing, and Reading Eastern NC
Friday from the Archives: “Collard-Kraut and Blueberry BBQ: Discovering Vivian Howard’s Corner of the South” an interview and essay by Sally F. Lawrence from NCLR 27 (2018). Since this week is all about food here in the USA, we’re pulling out a piece about one of North Carolina’s recent foodie favorites.
Remembering NC’s Native Tribes
Friday from the Archives: “Among the Tuscarora: The Strange and Mysterious Death of John Lawson, Gentleman, Explorer, Writer” by Marjorie Hudson from NCLR 1 (1992).
Remembering Mark Smith-Soto
Friday from the Archives: “Last Retreat to Topsail Island” by Mark Smith-Soto from NCLR 22 (2013). We at NCLR were saddened to learn of the passing of long-time friend and poet, Mark Smith-Soto, early in November.
A Bifurcated Existence: Monique Truong’s Bitter in the Mouth
In this article from NCLR’s 2015 issue Rachael Price analyses Monique Truong’s novel Bitter in the Mouth and the difficulties that the main character, Linda, faces growing up and discovering her own identity in what at first appears to be a conventional Southern family.