NCLR’s Debut Spring Issue Continues Focus on Disability Literature
North Carolina Literary Review has just released its debut spring issue, making NCLR a quarterly journal in its 32nd year.
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Poetry as Autobiography
Friday from the Archives: “Reconciliation and Return: A.R. Ammons’s Poetry as Autobiography” by Ted Olsen from NCLR 15 (2006)
by Abby Trzepacz
Both 2024 NCLR Poetry Competitions Open
During the month of April, the North Carolina Literary Review is accepting submissions for both written and performance poetry contests from NC poets.
Duncan reviews Townsend
Saturday Review: “Split Identity and Shades of Local Color Writing” a review by Charles Duncan in NCLR Online Winter 2024 of Jacinda Townsend’s novel Mother Country (2022)
Show and Substance of Slam Poetry
Friday from the Archives: “1994 Poetry Slams National Championships” by Gene Hyde from NCLR 2.2 (1995).
Prestigious NC Book Awards Announces New Partnership
The North Carolina Literary Review is now the administrative partner for the prestigious North Carolina Book Awards: The Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, the Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry, the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction, and the American Association of University Women of North Carolina Young People’s Literature Award.
Knotts reviews Winslow
Saturday Review: “Community as Witness in West Mills” a review by Kristina L. Knotts in NCLR Online Winter 2024
De’Shawn Charles Winslow. Decent People (2023)
Women Writers of Black Mountain College
Friday from the Archives: “Women Writers of Black Mountain College” by Lois Carol Wheatley from NCLR 11 (2002).
Announcing the 2024 Prize-Winning Content Forthcoming in the North Carolina Literary Review
NCLR is extremely proud to announce the recipients of three awards for 2024 issues’ content: the John Ehle Prize, Randall Kenan Prize, and Paul Green Prize.
Absher reviews Harrington and Barasovska
Saturday Review: “Found Magic” a review by J.S. Absher in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Joan Barasovska. Orange Tulips (2022)
Janis Harrington. How to Cut a Woman in Half (2022)