NCLR 2022

Special Feature: Writers Who Teach; Teachers Who Write

cover art by Joan Mansfield

NCLR 2022 Press Release

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Pushcart Nominations
Heather Bell Adams
Catherine Carter
Michael Loderstedt
Steve Mitchell
Settle Monroe

What Comes First: Writer or Teacher?

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor [PDF]

“The recent disrespect for educators, for education even, . . . has driven away many. Who can blame those who decide to step onto another path? All the more reason to recognize the valor of those who stay, to honor and support the teachers who make a positive difference in their students’ lives day after day.”

Paul Green: A Professor of the Practice of Playwriting
by Georgann Eubanks

“Love from both of us to both of you”:
Select Letters from Peter Taylor to John Thompson, the Greensboro Years
by Michaux Dempster

Carolyn Kizer: Flamboyant Feminist at Chapel Hill
John Ehle Prize essay by Marian Janssen

“That’s how we learn”: Ben Fountain Talks with Student Veterans at East Carolina University
compiled and introduced by Anna Froula, with Sheena Eagan

“an artist’s artist, y’all: weird, unique, and oh so smart and talented”: An Interview with Leah Hampton
by Christy Alexander Hallberg
photography by Bayard Wootten

“The business of writing and the work of reading”: A Conversation with Wiley Cash
by Jim Coby
photography by Mallory Cash

“The last ghost is always the lies we’re told”: An Interview with Khalisa Rae Thompson
by Maia L. Butler

Taking Leave
an essay by Barbara Bennett
art by Dawn Surratt

When you know a demon’s real name; The narrative of stones; and Campus, August evening, plague year
three poems by Catherine Carter
art by Ippy Patterson, Ben Nixon, and Anna G. Dean

Why We Fished
James Applewhite Poetry Prize poem and art by Michael Loderstedt

Dawn on the Watermen’s Dock
a poem by Paul Jones
art by Claude Howell

Invasive Pests
a short story by Settle Monroe
art by Tim Christensen

Flashbacks: Echoes of Past Issues

Waxing Nostalgic

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor [PDF]

“I’ll take this space to thank Diane Rodman, who is now fifteen years in as NCLR‘s Art Editor, for her art selections to complement the creative writing throughout the 2022 issues. And knowing what she would say in response, I thank, on behalf of both of us (and the writers), all of the artists for allowing us to feature their work, which plays such an important role in NCLR‘s mission.”

You Laugh
a poem by Allen Tullos
art by Susan Harbage Page

Why I Believe Confession Booths Are Bathrooms
a poem by Janis Harrington
art by Tama Hochbaum

Ultimate Trip
the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize essay by Steve Mitchell
art by Tim Christensen

North Carolina Miscellany

Miscellaneous Literary Treasures

section introduction by Margaret D. Bauer, Editor [PDF]

“Capturing the spirit of this section’s intent – not to miss anything by limiting submissions to a theme – is ‘the poem that almost got away,’ for which we thank our longtime supporter Jim Clark, who found the previously unpublished poem by Frank Borden Hanes, Sr.”