Neill reviews Baldwin
Saturday Review: “The Interrogating Partiality: Questioning as a Path Toward the Whole Truth” a review by Sterling Neill of Carol Baldwin’s Half-Truths (2025) in NCLR Online Winter 2026
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“Letter to Myself Twenty-Five Years Ago” by Julie Fay
Friday from the Archives: “Letter to Myself Twenty-Five Years Ago” a poem by Julie Fay with photography by Jacquelyn Tait Leebrick in NCLR 2007
The Deep Attention of Poetry
During this brief meditation on Violet, my breathing has slowed down, my shoulders have relaxed, and frankly I have forgotten myself completely.
Bro reviews Crawford
Saturday Review: “Timelessness and Human Connection” a review by Lisa Wenger Bro of The Miniaturist’s Assistant by Katherine Scott Crawford in NCLR Online Winter 2026
The Mark of a Hometown
Friday from the Archives: “I Know 8000 Lunatics: Confessions of an Apple Stealing SOB” essay by Michael Parker from NCLR 1993 volume I number 2
by Axel Snyder, Intern
How many of us have a perfect relationship with our hometown?
The “Absurdity of War” Featured in NCLR Online Spring 2026
The Spring 2026 issue is out now, featuring creative writing and book reviews for “Military Writing in North Carolina” plus more.
Bennett reviews Starck
Saturday Review: “Virtually Real,” a review by Barbara Bennett of Lindsay Starck’s Monsters We Have Made (2024), in NCLR Online Winter 2026
“Commencement” by Russell Colver
Friday from the Archives: “Commencement” the 2016 James Applewhite Poetry Prize poem by Russell Colver with art by Joe Muench in NCLR 2017
Happy National Poetry Month!
Breaking Sheaves of Light
Founding Editor Alex Albright reflects on A. R. Ammons’ 100th birthday party.
Two Poetry Contests Open for April
Our 2026 Poetry Prize Contests are open for the month of April. Guest Judges are accomplished poets, speakers, teachers, and cultural organizers.