Gurganus Changing the Story 25 Years Ago
Friday from the Archives: “A “love of hopeless comedy”: The Humor of Personal and Cultural Crisis in Allan Gurganus’s Plays Well With Others” by Gary Richards from NCLR 17 (2008)
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A Loud, Celebratory Insistence
Rich, varied stories about queer experiences are, truly, critical. And we have much to learn from these writings produced by and about established and emerging North Carolina LGBTQ+ writers. I truly look forward to the submissions we receive and the publication of the special feature.
Mabrey Wins 2024 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Prize
Announcing the winners of the Second Annual Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Competition!
Hovis reviews Morgan
Saturday Review: “Appalachian Journeys” a review by George Hovis in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Robert Morgans’s collection In the Snowbird Mountain and Other Stories (2023) and Rebecca Godwin’s monograph Community Across Time: Robert Morgan’s Words for Home (2023)
“A pawn, a queen, a riddle, a smile”
Friday from the Archives: “Alice,” a poem, by Marly Youmans, from NCLR 25 (2016)
Cory reviews Hecimovich
Saturday Review: “Uncovering North Carolina’s Early Literary History” a review by Jessica Cory in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Gregg Hecimovich’s book The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman’s Narrative (2023)
On Writing and Motherhood
Friday from the Archives: “On the Hinge” an essay by Meredith Anton, from NCLR 13 (2004)
Abrams reviews Cariño
Saturday Review: “Sugar Burns Bitter” a review by Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Ina Cariño’s collection Feast (2023)
Not Lost: Elizabeth Spencer on Thomas Wolfe
Friday from the Archives: “Look Homeward, Angel: Of Ghosts, Angels, and Lostness” by Elizabeth Spencer, introduced by Terry L. Roberts, from NCLR 12 (2003)
We are looking forward to catching up dear friends at the Thomas Wolfe Society Conference in Durham NC at the end of May.
Duncan reviews Ricketson
Saturday Review: “Words Worth Hearing” a review by Julia Nunnally Duncan in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Mary Ricketson’s novel Stutters: A Book of Hope (2023)