McClanahan’s First Memoir
Friday from the Archives: “Family Reunions of Words” a review of recent collections of creative nonfiction by Tony Earley and Rebecca McClanahan by Maryscot Mullins… Read More »McClanahan’s First Memoir
News
Kesler reviews Allran
Saturday Review: “Coming of Age and Finding Faith, a Lifelong Journey,” a review by Jon Kesler of Austin Allran’s The Legend of the Isle of… Read More »Kesler reviews Allran
Where Were You on 9/11?
Writers and readers have the advantage of developing an understanding of or finding a way to make peace with such tragedies as 9/11: writing and/or… Read More »Where Were You on 9/11?
“Political Sonata” by Christopher Davis
Friday from the Archives: “Political Sonata” a poem by Christopher Davis with photography by Tama Hochbaum in NCLR 1999
Doris Betts Fiction Competition Opens 9/15
2026 Betts Fiction Competition opens for submissions from Sept 15-Oct 31.
Corya reviews Young
Saturday Review: “Cursed throughout Time” a review by Kenly Corya of Adrienne Young’s The Unmaking of June Farrow in NCLR Online Spring 2026
Remembering Angela Davis-Gardner
Friday from the Archives: “Orphans and Outcasts: The Novels of Angela Davis-Gardner” by Fred Chappell in NCLR 2018
Ocasio reviews Peck
Saturday Review: “The Power of Redemption in Poetry,” a review by Grace C. Ocasio of Gail Peck’s In the Shadow of Beauty (Finishing Line Press,… Read More »Ocasio reviews Peck
“Want Ads” by Kim Church
Friday from the Archives: “Want Ads” a short story by Kim Church in NCLR 2001
“Two weeks to the day after his wife walked out… Read More »“Want Ads” by Kim Church
Dasgupta reviews Carpenter
Saturday Review: “A Writer’s Toolkit,” a review by Sayantani Dasgupta of Nora Shalaway Carpenter’s Spinning Toward the Sun: Essays on Writing, Resilience, & the Creative… Read More »Dasgupta reviews Carpenter