Rhiannon Skye Tafoya is an Indigenous artist from the Eastern Band of Cherokee and the Santa Clara Pueblo tribes. She earned a BFA in printmaking… Read More »Drumroll, please . . . the 2023 cover in all its glory
Two years later, this beautiful issue has come together, and it is both what I imagined and different than what I imagined. Some pieces I solicited never came to fruition, and I received others that left me in awe of their brilliance.
“The last stanza likens women’s roles to a patchwork quilt: “The responsibility of being Native woman was placed upon / Her shoulders at birth, / Blanketed – like a patchwork quilt – around her body”
Come see NCLR staff at the North Carolina Writers Network Spring Conference in Greensboro on April 22.
These panels engaged with scholars and community members and stirred up much excitement for NCLR’s 2023 issue.
Friday from the Archives: “The last ghost is always the lies that are told”: An Interview with Khalisa Rae Thompson by Maia L. Butler from NCLR Issue 31 (2022)
This week, we are continuing highlighting performance poetry for our first annual Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Contest.
“…in this collection, Becker allows readers to engage with the Cherokee past and how it bleeds into a present-day North Carolina, reminding us of a long ago home.”
Friday from the Archives: “Glenis Redmond: Poet, Teaching Artist, Griot” written by Lisa Sarasohn from NCLR Issue 28 (2019)
During the month of April, the North Carolina Literary Review is accepting submissions for two contests this year. . . .
The North Carolina Literary Review is accepting submissions for the 2023 Applewhite Poetry Prize from April 1 through April 30.