Weeks 1–5 Assignment
The literary analysis unit ends with the students researching and writing a four-source annotated bibliography on scholarly articles that approach The Marrow of Tradition from… Read More »Weeks 1–5 Assignment
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Season of Storytelling: Enter the Doris Betts Fiction Prize Contest
As the October 31 deadline for this year’s competition draws near, I find myself reflecting on some of the past winners and finalists we’ve published in the journal—such as Leah Hampton, Annie Frazier, Robert Wallace, Thomas Wolf, Heather Bell Adams, and last year’s winner, Erin Miller Reid—and on Doris Betts herself.
Weeks 1–5: Discussion Boards
Each week students respond to a Discussion Board prompt on Canvas. Their mini essays serve as the springboard for the week’s conversations. These Discussion Board… Read More »Weeks 1–5: Discussion Boards
Weeks 6–10: Overview
Wilmington’s Lie: Historical and Cultural Analysis Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition allows the students to get to know the characters of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre,… Read More »Weeks 6–10: Overview
Weeks 6-10: Discussion Boards
Just as we did in the literary analysis unit, the five weeks we are devoting to historical and cultural analysis of the massacre and its… Read More »Weeks 6-10: Discussion Boards
Weeks 1–5: Overview
The Marrow of Tradition: Literary Analysis Before we begin reading the novel, I have a discussion with the students about the concept of “hard history”… Read More »Weeks 1–5: Overview
Bennett reviews Frazier
Saturday Review: “The Forgotten South, Remembered” a review by Dale Neal of Keith Flynn and Charter Weeks’ Prosperity Gospel: Portraits of the Great Recession (2021)
Clyde Edgerton is ’23 Caldwell Recipient
Friday from the Archives: “Renaissance Man: An Interview with Clyde Edgerton” by George Hovis, from NCLR Issue 26 (2017) Congratulations to the renowned author, professor, musician, and artist Clyde Edgerton on being the 2023 Caldwell Award Recipient from NC Humanities
Building the Black Community in Rural Jackson County, NC, from Civil War to Civil Rights
“The core of What a Wonderful Life This Could Be is humanity’s need for the safe harbor and connection of love – for community and purposeful vocation and for some form of family, even if not biological.”
North Carolina Humanities’ John Tyler Caldwell Award Lunch
Join us in Asheville in October to celebrate Clyde Edgerton and receive a free back issue of NCLR featuring an interview with the Calwell Award honoree AND a CD that includes a reading and 2 songs by him.