NCLR Online Winter 2024

North Carolina Disability Literature

cover art by Laura Hope-Gill

NCLR Online Winter 2024 Press Release

Pushcart Nomination
Laura Hope-Gill

Highlighting Disability Experiences and Voices

section introduction by Casey Kayser, Guest Feature Editor

“North Carolina is home to many writers and artists with disabilities, whose voices have often been marginalized or overlooked, and we hope that featuring Disability Literature plays a role in highlighting the great talent and diversity of the writers’ experiences.”

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The Weight of Light
the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize essay
and art by Laura Hope-Gill

The Map That Leads to Salvation
a review by Annie Woodford
Kelley Shinn, The Wounds That Bind Us

The Anchored Raft
a graduation address by Elaine Neil Orr

Living with Compulsions
a review by Patricia A. Dunn
Halli Gomez, List of Ten

Mari and Jase’s Story: Honesty, Acceptance, and Yes, Some Kissing
a review by Jessica L. Allee
Kati Gardener, Finding Balance

Marjorie Hudson (and her audience) holding her 2023 Sir Walter Raleigh Award-winning novel, reviewed in this section

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor

“So what are you waiting for? [Click the title below] to read Ashley Harris’s essay. Then on to the poetry and reviews. Please be sure to buy books from your local independent bookstore.”

My Rembrandt Weekend
creative nonfiction by Ashley Harris

Translating the Mysterious
a review by Robert M. West
Michael McFee, A Long Time to Be Gone

The Book of Whys
a review by Christie Collins
Melinda Thomsen, Armature

The Poet and the Painter: Exploring Personal Landscapes
a review by Michael Beadle
Ken Chamlee, If Not These Things and
The Best Material for the Artist in the World

Painting a Varied Picture of Art in North Carolina
a review by Heather D. Wilson
Liza Roberts, Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina

Spent
a poem and photography by Bill Griffin

Lightning Strikes Twice
a review by Al-Tariq Moore
Randall Kenan, Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings

This Is the First Question I Ask
a poem by Loss Pequeño Glazier
art by Peter Marin

From Big Pine to Jazz: Making a Life with Pizzazz
a review by Rebecca Godwin
Terry Roberts, The Sky Club

There Is No Time
a poem by Kimberly J. Simms
art by Jennifer Markowitz

After Midnight
a poem by Robert W. Hill
art by Herb Jackson

Long Road and Tall Pines
a review by Rebecca Duncan
Marjorie Hudson, Indigo Field
Susan Underwood, Genesis Road

“to love the South surgically”
a review by Zackary Vernon
Mark Powell, The Late Rebellion

Writing the Hurt
a review by John Lang
Charles Dodd White, A Year Without Months

Stitching
a poem by Joyce Compton Brown
art by Dawn Suratt

Eagles
a poem by Janet Ford
art by Alan Dehmer

Marsha White Warren Receives the
2023 North Carolina Award for Literature
by Michele W. Walker

Clyde Edgerton Receives 2023
John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities
by Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams

Do NOT Throw Rocks
in North Carolina

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor

“When I took up the mantle of NCLR Editor over twenty-five years ago, one of the first things I heard was the mantra that if you throw a rock in North Carolina you are likely to hit a writer. I meet new writers with every contest we manage as I match judges’ selected titles with the finalists’ names and as more and more books are added to our books available for review list. So please, do not throw any rocks in North Carolina. I really get attached to these folks, particularly after their work has been featured in our pages.”