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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 Novel of Purpose, Then and Now

Friday from the Archives: “Charles W. Chesnutt and the “province of literature”” by Paul Baggett from NCLR 23 (2014).

Going back a decade and revisiting our 2014 issue.

Remembering Fred Chappell

Friday from the Archives: “Citizens Who Observe: A Conversation with Fred Chappell” by Sandy Sullivan from NCLR 7 (1998).

We join family, friends, and countless students in mourning the passing of beloved professor, former state poet laureate, and author Fred Chappell, who passed away this January.

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.

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.