The Jargon Society Lives On
Friday from the Archives: “A Snowflake Orchard and What I Found There: An Informal History of the Jargon Society” by Jeffery Beam in NCLR 1997
News
Beadle reviews Childress
Saturday Review: “Challenging Perspective with Persona Poetry,” a review by Michael Beadle of Catherine Pritchard Childress’s Outside the Frame in NCLR Online Spring 2025
Grimsley Returning
Friday from the Archives: “In the Same Gesture” by Jim Grimsley from NCLR 21 (2012)
By Kenly Corya, Senior Editorial Assistant
2026 Feature: Saluting Military Writing
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West reviews Wolf
Saturday Review: “Introducing children to the wonders of the universe” a review by Mark I. West of Allan Wolf’s children’s book The Blanket Where Violet Sits (2022) in NCLR Online Spring 2025.
Geography at Core of Understanding
Friday from the Archives: “Knowing Your Place: Tony Earley’s Human Geography”
by Jimmy Dean Smith in NCLR 2020
CK12 & NCLR Partner to Teach NC Lit
NCLR will facilitate a workshop on Teaching NC Lit for CK12!
Reading NC Fiction Old and New
Fiction Editor Rebecca Bernard talks NC fiction, past, present, and future.
2026: Saluting Veterans’ Writing
This special feature section of NCLR seeks to bridge the gap between military personnel and civilians by celebrating veteran writers and their impacts on literary and cultural studies.
Thomas reviews Crenshaw
Saturday Review: “Fear and Hope in the 1980s” a review by Elaine Thomas in NCLR Online Spring 2025 of Paul Crenshaw’s memoir Melt With Me (2023)