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Bennett Reviews Gwin

Saturday Review: “Snake in the Grass” a review by Barbara Bennett of Minrose Gwin’s novel, Beautiful Dreamers (2024) in NCLR Online Winter 2025

Happy Cherokee x Appalachian New Years!

As we pass into the next calendar year, many of us have special traditions and rituals to mark this time’s passage. Claxton highlighted Clapsaddle’s Cherokee rituals in her essay from our 2023 print issue:

Zipf Reviews Church

Saturday Review: “Dark Secrets of Carolina Girlhood” a review by Karin Zipf of Meagan Church’s novels The Girls We Sent Away and The Last Carolina Girl in NCLR Online Winter 2025

Literary Historical Markers: Find & Write!

Friday from the Archives: “State Highway Historic Markers: Public Commemoration and Literary History” by Michael Hill from NCLR 2 (1993)

Looking for your next literary research subject? May we suggest riding around your town til you find a local literary highway historical marker? There are over a hundred around the state, in many unexpected places.

Discoveries at the Library

“Serendipity: The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.” I wouldn’t call it serendipity that all our incredible writers have come from North Carolina (our soil seeming to provide sustenance for writerly types from Murphy to Manteo), but it is highly likely that many readers find favorite passages/poems/books/writers that way. 

Southern Reviews Frese

Saturday Review: “Between Life Before and Life After” a review by Kristi Southern
of The Saddest Girl on the Beach (2024) a novel by Heather Frese in NCLR Online Winter 2025

Remembering doris davenport

Friday from the Archives: “i forgive the spiders” a poem by doris davenport from NCLR 20 (2011) NCLR joins family and friends in mourning the passing of Dr. doris davenport earlier this month

Harrington Reviews Earle

Saturday Review: “Let Us All Be Happy” a review by Janis Harrington in NCLR Online Spring 2025 of Ralph Earle’s poetry collection, Everything You Love Is New (2024)