Friday from the Archives: “Citizens Who Observe: A Conversation with Fred Chappell” by Sandy Sullivan from NCLR 7 (1998).
We join family, friends, and countless students in mourning the passing of beloved professor, former state poet laureate, and author Fred Chappell, who passed away this January.
GREENVILLE, NC: North Carolina Literary Review is honored to announce receiving the 2023 “Best Public Intellectual Special Issue” award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals
Pulling this back around to our Teaching Tuesday and What We’re Reading Wednesday: I teach literature, which teaches empathy, which seems sorely lacking these days, and when I read inspiring writing, I want to share it.
Saturday Review: “The Map That Leads To Salvation” a review by Annie Woodford
Kelley Shinn: The Wounds That Bind Us (2023) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Friday from the Archives: “The Anderson Kid” by Anita Collins from NCLR 26 (2017).
We join family and friends in mourning the passing of Anita Collins, our ’16 Doris Betts Fiction Prize winner, who passed away in December.
Paul Reali wins the Doris Betts Fiction Prize with “How to Get Struck By Lightning”
Saturday Review: “Shining A Light On History” a review by Amanda M. Capelli of Kianna Alexander’s Carolina Built (2022) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Friday from the Archives: “Geography for Writers” by Lee Zacharias from NCLR 17 (2008).
The liminal space between years invites time to sit and think about works written, or needing to be.
Saturday Review: “For Those Who Cannot Yet Speak” a review by Melinda Thomsen of AE Hines Any Dumb Animal (2021) in NCLR Online Winter 2024 Hines brings his own artistic voice to poems grieving the loss of the parental relationship…
Friday from the Archives: “The Culprit: Reflections on the Bleeding Edge” an essay by Daniel James Waters from NCLR 30 (2021).
What a gift, life is. Few are as aware of this truth on a daily basis as an operating room surgeon.