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Abbott, Anthony S., Dark Side of North (Press 53, 2021), rev. by James W. Kirkland, Winter 2022, 64-66
Absher, J.S., Mouth Work (St. Andrews University Press, 2016), rev. by Susan Laughter Meyers, 2017 online, 84-87
Ackerman, Kathy, Coal River Road (Livingston Press, 2013), rev. by Susan Laughter Meyers, 2014 online, 107-10
Adams, Heather Bell, The Good Luck Stone: A Novel (Haywire Books, 2020), rev. By Megan Smith, Fall 2022, 94-95
—. Maranatha Road (Vandalia Press, 2017), rev. by Anna McFayden, 2019 online, 102-04
Adams, Noah, Far Appalachia: Following the New River North (Delacorte, 2001), rev. by James O. Chatham, 2002, 177-79
Adcock, Betty, Rough Fugue (Lousiana State University Press, 2017), rev. by Michael White, 2019 online, 47-49
—.Slantwise: Poems (Louisiana State UP, 2008), rev. by Robert West, 2009, 165-67
Albrecht, Malaika King, The Stumble Fields (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2020), rev. by Patrick Bizzaro, 2021 online, 173-76
Allen, Sarah Addison, Garden Spells (Bantam, 2007), rev. by Joyce Compton Brown, 2009, 235-237
Allen, T. Harrell, Lee’s Last Major General: Bryan Grimes of North Carolina (Savas, 1999), rev. by Mark A. Moore, 1999, 64-66
Amberg, Rob, The New Road, I-26 and the Footprints of Progress in Appalachia (Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, 2009), rev. by Susan Schmidt, 2011, 61-67
Ammons, A.R., Complete Poems, 2 vols., ed. Robert M. West (W.W. Norton, 2017), rev. by Eric Walker, 2019 online, 41-45
—. Garbage (Norton, 1993), rev. by David R. Slavitt, 1994, 192-94
—. The Mule Poems (R.A. Fountain, 2010), The North Carolina Poems (Broadstone Books, 2010), rev. by Robert West, 2011, 140-42
Amspacher, Karen Willis, Living at the Water’s Edge: A Heritage Guide to the Outer Banks Byway (Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press, 2017), rev. by Alton Ballance, 2018 online, 37-39
Anderson, Tim, Sweet Tooth (Lake Union Publishing, 2014), rev. by Gary Richards, 2015 online, 42-43
Applewhite, James, Cosmos (Louisiana State UP, 2014), rev. by Rebecca Godwin, 2015 online, 108-12
—. Daytime and Starlight (Louisiana State UP, 1997), rev. by Curt Rode, 1998, 186-92
—. A Diary of Altered Light (Louisiana State UP, 2006), rev. by Patrick Bizzaro, 2006, 165-68
—. A History of the River (Louisiana State UP, 1993), rev. by David R. Slavitt, “Tenzing and Relaxing,” 1994, 192-94; rev. by Megan Simpson, 1994, 194-96
—. Selected Poems (Duke UP, 2005), rev. by Patrick Bizzaro, 2006, 165-68
—. Time Beginnings (Lousiana State University Press, 2017), rev. by Michael White, 2019 online, 47-49
Arnold, Martin, Earthquake Owner’s Manual (Unicorn Press, 2014), rev. by Hannah Crane Skyes, 2019 online, 168-69
Arnoult, Darnell, Sufficient Grace (Free, 2006), rev. by L.A. Heberlein, 2008, 187-91
Avery, Laurence G., Mountain Gravity (New Atlantic Media, 2014), rev. by John Steen, 2015 online, 118-21
—. ed. A Paul Green Reader (U of North Carolina P, 1998), rev. by Dwight Watson, 2000, 27-29
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Bache, Ellyn, The Value of Kindness (Helicon Nine Editions, 1993), rev. by Elisabeth Rose, 1995, 207-10
Bailey, Dale, In the Night Wood (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), rev. by Sara E. Melton, “‘All This Time, We Are Alone’:Two Modern Tales of Timeless Isolation,” 2019 online, 112-15
—.This Island Earth: 8 Features from the Drive-In (PS Publishing, 2023) rev. by John Kessel, Spring 2024, 68-69
Balaban, John, Path, Crooked Path (Copper Canyon, 2006), rev. by Al Maginnes, 2008, 171-75
Ballard, Sandra L. and Patricia L. Hudson, Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia (UP of Kentucky, 2003), rev. by Joyce Compton Brown, 2004, 54-56
Baldwin, Cindy, Where the Watermelons Grow (New York: Harper, 2018), rev. by Anna McFadyen, 2020 online, 162-64
Ballingrud, Nathan, Wounds: Six Stories from the Borders of Hell (Saga Press, 2019), rev. by Jim Coby, 2021 online, 156-57
—. The Strange (Saga Press, 2023) rev. by Jim Coby, Spring 2024, 70-71
Barasovska, Joan, Orange Tulips (Redhawk Publications, 2022) rev. by Stan Absher, Winter 2024, 81
Barbee, Sam, The Rain that We Needed (Press 53, 2016), rev. by Catherine Carter, 2017 online, 122-25
—. Apertures of Voluptuous Force: Poems (Redhawk Publications, 2022) rev. by Jim Clark, Spring 2024, 100-102
Barden. John R., Letters to the Home Circle: The North Carolina Service of Pvt. Henry A. Clapp (Company F, Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1862–1863) (NC Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1998), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2015 online, 66-69
Bare, Micki, Blind Fairy (Level Elevate, 2023) rev. by Abby Trzepacz, Spring 2024, 72-73
Barnhardt, Wilton, Lookaway, Lookaway (St. Martin’s, 2013), rev. by Jim McGavran, 2014 online, 84-85
—. ed. Every True Pleasure: LGBTQ Tales of North Carolina (University of North Carolina Press, 2019), rev. by David Deutsch, 2020 online, 194-95
Barr, Tina, Kaleidoscope (Iris Press, 2015), rev. by Elizabeth F. Oxler, 2016 online, 62-64
Barry, Coyla, The Flying Days (Carolina Wren Press, 2014), rev. by Sarah Huener, 2016 online, 66-68
Bathanti, Joseph, The 13th Sunday after Pentecost (Louisiana State University Press, 2017), rev. by Sarah Huener, 2018 online, 80-83
—. Concertina (Mercer UP, 2013), rev. by George Hovis, 2015 online, 101-07
—. Coventry (Novello, 2006), rev. by Rebecca L. Godwin, 2008, 181-84
—. David Potorti, Eds. Crossing the Rift: North Carolina Poets on 9/11 & Its Aftermath (Press 53, 2021), rev. by Jim Clark, Winter 2023, 77-79
—. Half of What I Say Is Meaningless: Essays (Mercer UP, 2014), rev. by Lisa Proctor, 2015 online, 95-97
—. The Art of Contrition & Other Stories (East OverPress, 2023) rev. by Michael Gaspeny, Spring 2024, 48-49
—. The Life of the World to Come (University of South Carolina Press, 2015), rev. Thomas Wolf, 2016 online, 108-09
—. Light at the Seams (Louisiana State University Press, 2022) rev. by Stan Absher, Fall 2023, 66-69
Bayes, Ronald, The Collected Poems (St. Andrews University Press, 2015), rev. by Robert Hill, 2016 online, 78-79
Beam, Jeffery, The Broken Flower (Skysill Press, 2012), rev. by Jim Clark, 2014 online, 74-77
—. The Fountain (North Carolina Wesleyan College P, 1992), rev. by Megan Simpson, Spring 1993, 197-201
—. Gospel Earth (Skysill Press, 2010), rev. by Sally Buckner, 2011, 206-14; with Richard Owens
—. Jonathan Williams: The Lord of Orchards (Prospecta Press, 2018), rev. by Savannah Paige Murray, 2019 online, 50-52
—. Spectral Pegasus / Dark Movements (Kin Press, 2019), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, Fall 2022, 96-99
Beasley, Cherry, Mary Ann Jacobs, and Urlike Wiethaus, eds. Upon Her Shoulders: Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community (Blair, 2022), rev. by Lynne Norris Murray, Winter 2023, 20-21
Beatty, Robert, Serafina and the Black Cloak (New York: Disney Hyperion, 2015), rev. By Teresa Bryson, 2018 online, 26-27
Becker, Kimberly L., Bringing Back the Fire (Spuyten Duyvil, 2022) rev. by Jennifer Peedin, Winter 2023, 24-25
Belz, Aaron, Glitter Bomb (Persea Books, 2014), rev. by John Steen, 2017 online, 130-33
Bender, Karen E., Refund: Stories (Counterpoint Press, 2015), rev. by Laura Segura, 2016 online, 88-90
Berger, Michelle Tracy, Reenu-You (Book Smugglers Publishing, 2017), rev. by Helen Stead, 2019 online, 34-37
Bergman, Megan Mayhew, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories (Scribner, 2012), rev. by Brian Glover, 2015 online, 38-40
Berry, Steve, The Jefferson Key (Ballantine Books, 2011), rev. by Matthew Luter, 2012 online, 66-69
Betts, Doris, The Scarlet Thread (Press 53, 2013), rev. by Tara Powell, 2014 online, 54-55
—. Souls Raised from the Dead (Knopf, 1994), rev. by Elisabeth Rose, 1995, 207-10
Bissell, Sallie, A Darker Justice (Bantam, 2002), rev. by Donna J. Summerlin, 2002, 169-72
—. Deadliest of Sins (Midnight Ink, 2014), rev. by Wanda Canada, 2016 online, 102-03
Bizzaro, Patrick, Responding to Student Poems: Applications of Critical Theory (National Council of Teachers of English, 1993), rev. by Megan Simpson, 1996, 226-35
Bland, Celia, Cherokee Road Kill (Dr. Cicero Books, 2018) rev. by Wayne Johns, 2020 online, 136-41
Blevins, David, North Carolina’s Barrier Islands: Wonders of Sand, Sea, and Sky (Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press, 2017), rev. by Alton Ballance, 2018 online, 37-39
Blight, David W., A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation (Harcourt, 2007), rev. by David A. Davis, 2010, 152-55
Blythe, Will, To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever: A Thouroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry (Harper-Collins, 2006), rev. by James Kirkland, 2008, 175-81
Boggs, Belle, The Gulf: A Novel (Graywolf Press, 2019), rev. by Barbara Bennett, 2020 online, 203-05
Bosgraaf, Kay, The Fence Lesson: Poems (Kelsay Books, 2019), rev. by Anna McFadyen, 2021 online, 168-73
Boyd, William L., Poetic Penguins (North Carolina Wesleyan College P, 1992), rev. by Megan Simpson, 1993, 197-201; rev. by Sparrow, 1993, 201-203
Boyles, Mason, Bark On (Driftwood Press, 2023) rev. by Henry L. Wilson, Winter 2024, 98
Brady, Maureen, Folly (Feminist, 1994), rev. by Mary Kathryn Thornton, 2000, 49-51
Brantley, Michael K., Memory Cards: Portraits from a Rural Journey (Black Rose Writing, 2015), rev. by Sharon E. Colley, 2017 online, 56-59
Braun, Lilian Jackson, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Jove, 1966; Jove, 1986), The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (Jove, 1967; Jove, 1986), The Cat Who Turned On and Off (Jove, 1968; Jove, 1986), The Cat Who Saw Red (Jove, 1986), The Cat Who Played Brahms (Jove, 1987), The Cat Who Played Post Office (Jove, 1987), The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (Jove, 1988), The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (Jove, 1988), The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (Putnam’s, 1988; Jove, 1989), The Cat Who Went Underground(Putnam’s, 1989; Jove, 1989), The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (Putnam’s, 1990; Jove, 1990), The Cat Who Lived High (Putnam’s 1990; Jove, 1991), The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (Putnam’s 1991; Jove, 1992), The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Putnam’s 1992; Jove, 1992), The Cat Who Wasn’t There (Putnam’s 1992; Jove, 1993), The Cat Who Went into the Closet (Putnam’s, 1993; Jove, 1994), The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (Putnam’s 1994), The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (Putnam’s 1995; Jove, 1996), rev. by Roger C. Schlobin, 1996, 235-38
Brenner, Wendy, Phone Calls from the Dead (Algonquin, 2001), rev. by Mary Carroll-Hackett, 2003, 140-41
Bresnahan, Peg, Hunger to Share (Press 53, 2019), rev. by James W. Kirkland, 2021 online, 121-23
Brooks, Rachael, Beads: A Memoir about Falling Apart and Putting Yourself Back Together Again (Köehler Books, 2019), rev. by Loren Ashten, 2021 online, 26-28
Brown, Grey, Staying In (North Carolina Writers’ Network, 1992), rev. by Megan Simpson, 1993, 197-201
Brown, Lee Ann, Crowns of Charlotte: NC Ode (Carolina Wren Press, 2013) 2014 online, 111-14
Brown, Spencer K.M., Move Over Mountain (J. New Books, 2019) rev. by Sharon E. Colley, Winter 2023, 122-123
Brown, Taylor, Fallen Land (St. Martin’s Press, 2016), rev. by Rhonda Armstrong, 2017 online, 77-81
—. Gods of Howl Mountain (St. Martin’s Press, 2018), rev. by Jim Coby, 2019 online, 97-99
Brownlee, J. Scott, Requiem for Used Ignition Cap (Orison Books, 2015), rev. by Peter Makuck, 2017 online, 134-37
Browning, Judkin, Letters from a North Carolina Unionist: John A. Hedrick to Benjamin S. Hedrick (1862–1865) (NC Dept. of Cultural Resources, 2001), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2015 online, 66-69
Butcher, Kenneth, The Middle of the Air (John F. Blair, 2009), rev. by F. Brett Cox, 2010, 132-33
Byer, Kathryn Stripling, Black Shawl (Louisiana State UP, 1998), rev. by Peter Makuck, 1999, 173-77
—. Coming to Rest (Louisiana State UP, 2006), rev. by Jeffrey Franklin, 2007, 199-201
—. Descent (Louisiana State UP, 2012), rev. by Robert West, 2013 online, 72-74
—. Trawling the Silences (Jacar Press, 2019), rev. By Catherine Carter, 2020 online, 96-100
Byrne, Monica, The Girl in the Road (Crown, 2014), rev. by Kathaleen E. Amende, 2015 online, 27-29
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Caldwell, Wayne, Cataloochee (Random House, 2007), rev. by Chris Green, 2010, 67-69
—.Requiem by Fire (Random House, 2010), rev. by Chris Green, 2010, 67-69
Callahan, John, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (Random House, 1990), rev. by Mike Hamer, 1995, 210-13
Cariño, Ina, Feast, (Alice James Books, 2023) rev. by Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, Spring 2024, 22-23
Carr, Dawson, Gray Phantoms of the Cape Fear: Running the Civil War Blockade (John F. Blair Publisher, 1998), rev. by William H. Thiesen, 1999, 46-49
Carter, Catherine, Larvae of the Nearest Stars: Poems (Louisiana State University Press, 2019), rev. by Amber Flora Thomas, 2021 online, 54-55
—. The Memory of Gills (Louisiana State UP, 2006), rev. by James Kimbrell, 2007, 205-07
—. The Swamp Monster at Home (Louisiana State UP, 2012), rev. by John Hoppenthaler, 2013 online, 112-15
Carter, Jimmy, The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War (Simon & Schuster, 2003), rev. by Ed Piacentino, 2004, 152-54
Carty, Jessie, Paper House (Folded Word Press, 2010), rev. by Felicia Mitchell with Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2010, 228-31
Cash, Wiley, The Dark Road to Mercy (William Morrow Paperbacks, 2014), rev. by Zackary Vernon, 2015 online, 98-100
—. The Last Ballad: A Novel (Harper-Collins, 2017), rev. by Walter Squire, 2018 online, 23-25
—. When Ghosts Come Home: A Novel (William Morrow, 2021), rev. by Jim Coby, Winter 2022, 16-17
Caugherty, Jill, Waltz in Swing Time (Black Rose Writing, 2020), rev. by Anna McFadyen, Winter 2022, 108-109
Cawood, Shuly Xóchitl, A Small Thing to Want: Stories (Press 53, 2020), rev. by Helen Stead, 2021 online, 158-61
Cecelski, David S., The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway & the Slaves’ Civil War (U of North Carolina P, 2013), rev. by Willie J. Harrell, Jr., 2013 online, 85-88
Chamberlain, Diane, Big Lies in a Small Town (St. Martin’s Press, 2020) rev. By Janna McMahan, Winter 2023, 129-131
—. The Dream Daughter (St. Martin’s Press, 2018), rev. by Rebecca Duncan, 2020 online, 148-53
—. The Last House on the Street, (St. Martin’s Press, 2022) rev. By Janna McMahan, Winter 2023, 129-131
—. Necessary Lies (St. Martin’s Press, 2013), rev. by Amanda M. Capelli, 2015 online, 72-73
Chamlee, Ken, If Not These Things, (Kelsay Books, 2022) rev. by Michael Beadle, Winter 2024, 42
—. The Best Material for the Artist in the World, (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2023) rev. by Micheal Beadle, Winter 2024, 42
Chappell, Fred, As If It Were (2019, Louisiana State University Press), rev. by John Lang, 2020 online, 92-93
—. Backsass (Louisiana State UP, 2004), rev. by Michael Poteat, 2004, 163-64
—. Family Gathering (Louisiana State UP, 2000), rev. by Jake Adam York, 2002, 179-82
—. Familiars (Louisiana State UP, 2014), rev. by Rebecca Godwin, 2015 online, 108-12
—. Plow Naked (U of Michigan P, 1993), rev. by Megan Simpson, 1996, 226-35
—. A Shadow All of Light (Tor, 2016), rev. by Warren Rochelle, 2017 online, 62-63
—. Shadow Box (Louisiana State UP, 2009), rev. by John Lang, 2010, 116-19
Chatham, James O., Sundays Down South: A Pastor’s Stories (UP of Mississippi, 1999), rev. by James Norton, 2001, 154-56
Cherry, Kelly, Twelve Women in a Country Called America: Stories (Press 53, 2015), rev. by Matt Dischinger, 2016 online, 86-87
Chess, Richard, Third Temple (U of Tampa P, 2007), rev. by Al Maginnes, 2008, 171-75
Chitwood, Michael, From Whence (Louisiana State UP, 2007), rev. by Brooke Horvath, 2008, 169-71
—. Salt Works (Ohio Review Books, 1992), rev. by Sparrow, 1993, 201-03
—. Search & Rescue (Louisiana State University Press, 2018), rev. by Cameron Bynum, 2020 online, 144-47
—. Spill (Tupelo P, 2007), rev. by Jeffrey Franklin, 2009, 172-77
Church, Kim, Byrd (Dzanc Books, 2014), rev. by Leigh G. Dillard, 2015 online, 48-50
Claxton, Mae Miller with Rain Newcomb, Conversations with Ron Rash (University Press of Mississippi, 2017), rev. by Anna Dunlap Higgins-Harrell, 2018 online, 35-36
Cody, Michael Amos, A Twilight Reel: Stories (Pisgah Press, 2021), rev. by Dale Bailey, Winter 2022, 116-121
Collins, Christie, The Art of Coming Undone, (The Black Spring Press, 2023) rev. by David E. Poston, Spring 2024, 112-116
Colonnese, Michael, Double Feature (Big Pencil Press, 2015), rev. by Al Maginnes, 2017 online, 138-40
Copeland, Beth, Blue Honey (The Broadkill River Press, 2018), rev. by Catherine Carter, 2019 online, 162-65
Transcendental Telemarketer (BlazeVOX, 2012), rev. by Susan Laughter Meyers, 2014 online, 107-10
Coster, Naima, What’s Mine and Yours: A Novel (Grand Central Publishing, 2021), rev. by Kristina L. Knotts, Winter 2022, 20-22
Cox, Mark, Natural Causes (U of Pittsburgh P, 2004), rev. by B.J. Leggett, 2005, 180-81
—. Readiness (Press 53, 2018) rev. by Joseph Mills, 2020 online, 222-25
—. Sorrow Bread: Poems 1984-2015 (Serving House Books, 2017), rev. by Eric C. Walker, 2018 online, 98-99
Crank, James A., Understanding Randall Kenan (U of South Carolina P, 2019), a rev. by Gary Richards, 2020 online, 108-11
Crone, Moira, The Ice Garden (Carolina Wren Press, 2015), rev. by Anna Jean Mayhew, 2016 online, 103-05
Crook, Noel, Salt Moon (Southern Illinois University Press, 2015), rev. by John Hoppenthaler, 2017 online, 126-27
Crowe, Thomas Rain, Zoro’s Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods (U of Georgia P, 2005), rev. by Ronald Wesley Hoag, 2006, 158-60
Crowther, Hal, Gather at the River: Notes from the Post-Millenial South (Louisiana State UP, 2005), rev. by Jeff Abernathy, 2007, 219-20
Cumming, Deborah, The Descent of Music (Plum Branch, 2002), rev. by Sally Lawrence, 2004, 157-60
Cusick, Gregg, My Father Moves Through Time Like a Dirigible (University of West Alabama Livingston Press, 2014), rev. by Tim Buchanan, 2016 online, 90-91
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Dagenhart, Alana, Yellow Leaves (Redhawk Publications, 2022), rev. By Anna McFadyen, Winter 2023, 106-109
Dargan, Olive Tilford, From My Highest Hill: Carolina Mountain Folks (U of Tennessee P, 1998), rev. by Walter Squire, 1999, 160-62
Davidson, Nanette, The Folk School Cookbook (John C. Campbell Folk School, 2018), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2020 online, 168-72
Daye, Tyree, River Hymns (American Poetry Review, 2017) rev. by Wayne Johns, 2020 online, 136-41
Dayson, Sion, As a River (Jaded Ibis Press, 2019), rev. by Amanda Shingleton Robles, 2021 online, 144-47
Dearlove, Judy, Play On!: A Novel (Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South Press, 2019), 2021 online, 150-51
De Gramont, Nina, The Christie Affair, (St. Martin’s Press, 2023) rev. by Shane Trayers, Winter 2024, 90
Dektar, Molly, The Ash Family (Simon & Schuster, 2019), rev. by Amanda Shingleton Robles, 2021 online, 144-47
Deonn, Tracy, Legendborn (McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, 2020), rev. by Max Kilgore, Winter 2022, 49-51
Dessen, Sarah, That Summer (Orchard, 1996), rev. by Meredith Sue Willis, 1997, 130-35
—. The Rest of the Story (HarperCollins, 2019), rev. by Angela Love Moser, 2021 online, 130-31
Deutsch, David, Understanding Jim Grimsley (U of South Carolina P, 2019), a rev. by Gary Richards, 2020 online, 108-11
Dillard, Annie, Holy the Firm (Harper, 1977), Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper, 1974), rev. by Mike Hamer, 1995, 210-13
Duncan, Julia Nunnally, All We Have Loved (Finishing Line Press, 2023) rev. by Jon Kesler, Spring 2024, 82-83
—. An Endless Tapestry (March Street, 2007), rev. by Jeffrey Franklin, 2009, 172-177
—. When Day Is Done (March Street, 2009), rev. by Mae Miller Claxton, 2010, 108-109
Duncan, Pamela, Moon Women (Delacorte, 2001), rev. by Paula Gallant Eckard, 2003, 137-40
Durban, Pam, Soon: Stories (University of South Carolina Press, 2015), rev. by Monica Miller, 2016 online, 84-85
Dykeman, Wilma, Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood (UNC Press, 2016), rev. by Gene Hyde, 2018 online, 77-79
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Earley, Tony, The Blue Star [Jim sequel] (Little Brown, 2008), rev. by Tim Edwards, 2010, 110-14
—. Jim the Boy (Little, Brown, 2000), rev. by Tim Edwards, 2001, 138-41
—. Somehow Form a Family: Stories that Are Mostly True (Algonquin, 2003), rev. by Maryscot Mullins, 2004, 160-63
Edgerton, Clyde, The Bible Salesman (Little, Brown and Company, 2008), rev. by George Hovis, 2009, 228-31
—. The Night Train (Little, Brown, and Company, 2011), rev. by Jeff Abernathy, 2012 online, 36
—. Solo: My Adventures in the Air (Algonquin, 2005), rev. by Tonita Branan, 2006, 157-58
—. Where Trouble Sleeps (Algonquin, 1997), rev. by Stuart Harris, 1998, 181-84
Ehle, John, The Land Breakers (1964; Press 53, 2006), rev. by Harriette C. Buchanan, 2007, 208-14
—. The Road (1967; U of Tennessee P, 1998), rev. by John Lang, 1999, 163-65
—. The Winter People (Harper & Row, 1982), rev. by Jonathan Yardley, 2010, 24-25
Ekstrand, Erik, Laodicea (Omnidawn, 2015), rev. by John Steen, 2017 online, 130-33
Emerson, Claudia, Claude Before Time and Space (Lousiana State University Press, 2018); rev. by Emily Herring Wilson, 2019 online, 53-55
—. Late Wife (Louisiana State UP, 2005), rev. by Jeffrey Franklin, 2007, 199-201
—. Secure the Shadow (Louisiana State UP, 2011), rev. by John Hoppenthaler, 2013 online, 112-15
Erickson, Terri Kirby, Becoming the Blue Heron (Press 53, 2017). rev. by Valerie Nieman, 2019 online, 59-60
Eubanks, Georgann, Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina: A Guidebook (U of North Carolina P, 2013), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2014 online, 88-89
—. Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook (U of North Carolina P, 2007), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2008, 198-99
—. Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont (University of North Carolina Press, 2010), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2011, 143-47
—. The Month of Their Ripening: North Carolina Heritage Foods through the Year (UNC Press, 2018), rev. by Lorraine Hale Robinson, 2020 online, 168-72
Evans, Elizabeth, Doris Betts (Twayne, 1997), rev. by Dorothy M. Scura, 1998, 178-79
Everhart, Donna, The Road to Bittersweet (Kensington Publishing Group, 2018), rev. by Jim Coby, 2019 online, 97-99
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Faladé, David Wright, Black Cloud Rising, (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022) rev. by Kristina L. Knotts, Fall 2023, 74-75
Fawkes, Jen, Tales the Devil Told Me (Press 53, 2021), rev. by Lisa Wenger Bro, Winter 2022, 28-31
Fiore, L.C., Coyote Loop (Adelaide Books, 2021), rev. by James W. Clark, Jr., Winter 2022, 110-113
Firmat, Gustavo Pérez, A Cuban in Mayberry: Looking Back at America’s Hometown (University of Texas Press, 2014), rev. by Kristy L. Ulibarri, 2016 online, 48-51
Fleming, Karl, Son of the Rough South: An Uncivil Memoir (Public Affairs, 2005), rev. by Nicole Nolan Sidhu, 2006, 153-57
Flynn, Keith, Colony Collapse Disorder (Wings Press, 2013), rev. by Jim Clark, 2014 online, 74-77
—. The Golden Ratio (Iris, 2007), rev. by Jeffrey Franklin, 2009, 172-77
—. The Skin of Meaning (Red Hen Press, 2020), rev. by Robert West, 2021 online, 135-39
Flynn, Keith, with Charter Weeks, Prosperity Gospel: Portraits of the Great Recession (Redhawk Publications, 2021) rev. by Dale Neal, Fall 2023, 128-129
Fonvielle Jr., Chris E., The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope (Savas, 1997), rev. by William Thiesen, 1999, 46-49
Ford, Richard, “My Mother in Memory” (Harper’s 275, 1987), rev. by Michael Griffith, 1997, 136-41
Foust, Rebecca, Paradise Drive (Press 53, 2015), rev. by Joan Romano Shifflett, 2017 online, 118-19
Fowler, Therese Anne, A Good Neighborhood (St. Martin’s Press, 2020), rev. by Lisa Wenger Bro, 2020 online, 130-34
Fox, Faulkner, Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life; or How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child (Harmony Books, 2003), rev. by Meredith Anton, 2005, 183-86
Fox, Matthew, Original Blessing (Bear, 1983), rev. by Mike Hamer, 1995, 210-13
Franklin, Jeffrey, Where We Lay Down: Poems by Jeffrey Franklin (Kelsay Books, 2021), rev. by Eric C. Walker, Fall 2022, 64-66
Franks, Julia, Over the Plain Houses (Hub City Press, 2016), rev. by Leah Hampton, 2019 online, 105-07
Frazier, Charles, Cold Mountain (Vintage, 1998), rev. by William R. Trotter, 1999, 22-25
—. Nightwoods (Random House, 2011), rev. by Zackary Vernon, 2013 online, 92-95
—. The Trackers (HarperCollins, 2023), rev. by Barbara Bennett, Fall 2023, 80-81
—. Thirteen Moons (Random House, 2006), rev. by Harriette C. Buchanan, 2007, 208-14
—. Varina (HarperCollins Publishing, 2018), rev. by Terry Roberts, 2019 online, 90-91
Freeman, Gabrielle Brant, When She Was Bad (Press 53, 2016), rev. By Laura Sloan Patterson, 2018 online, 116-17
Frese, Heather, The Baddest Girl on the Planet (Blair Publishing, 2021), rev. by Sharon E. Colley, Winter 2022, 114-115
Fulton, Alice, Barely Composed (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015), rev. by Celeste McMaster, 2018 online, 114-15
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Garber, Pat, Ocracoke Odyssey: A Naturalist’s Reflections on Her Home by the Sea (Down Home, 1999), rev. by Maryscot Mullins, 2005, 90
Gardner, Kati, Brave Enough (Flux, 2018), rev. by Ashley Daughtridge, 2021 online, 44-46
—. Finding Balance, (Flux, 2020) rev. by Jessica L. Allee, Winter 2024, 26
Garin, Marita, ed., Southern Appalachian Poetry: An Anthology of Works by 37 Poets (McFarland, 2008), rev. by Jeffrey Franklin, 2010, 120-23
Garren, Christine, The Piercing (Louisiana State UP, 2006), rev. by James Kimbrell, 2007, 205-207
Garrity-Blake, Barbara, Living at the Water’s Edge: A Heritage Guide to the Outer Banks Byway (Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press, 2017), rev. by Alton Ballance, 2018 online, 37-39
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Woodford, Annie, Bootleg (Groundhog Poetry Press, LLC, 2019), rev. by Janice N. Harrington, 2021 online, 164-67
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York, Lynn, The Piano Teacher (Plume, 2004), rev. by Casey Clabough, 2005, 188-89
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Young, Gideon, my hands full of light (Backbone Press, 2021), rev. by John Zheng, Winter 2022, 60-61
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Zuber, Isabel, Red Lily (Press 53, 2010), rev. by Sally Buckner, 2011, 206-14
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