2022 Doris Betts Fiction Prize Winner Erin Miller Reid with “Uncaged”
Erin Miller Reid is the winner of the 2022 Doris Betts Fiction Prize for her story “Uncaged.”
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“Fading Into Reflection”: Colley Reviews Brown
Colley also points out that “By utilizing a Southern setting reminiscent of many American spaces, the novel somewhat radically stresses the similarities rather than the differences between the South and a broader culture.” In so doing, the book becomes accessible to everyone.
Flashbacks: In Fiction and To ’15
Continuing with our student interns’ selections, this week we have Keegan Holder’s pick. We look back at Michael Parker’s “A Mighty Pretty Blue”, published in our 2015 issue.
’22 Albright Prize Winner and Finalists Reading on Feb 9
’22 Albright creative nonfiction winner and finalists will read at Scuppernong Books on Feb 9.
A Few Reasons Why We “Love Our Job”
2022 was busy—as most years are for the NCLR staff. The start of a new year seems like a good time to look back on the old year and realize all that we accomplished in 2022, then look forward to what’s ahead in 2023.
Greensboro Author James Tate Hill Will Be Creative Nonfiction Competition Judge
The North Carolina Literary Review is pleased to announce James Tate Hill as the judge for this year’s Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Competition. The annual prize is awarded to the best short creative nonfiction story by a North Carolina writer or set in North Carolina.
“Living On Shifting Ground”: Miller reviews Turner-Yamamoto
Miller posits “[the] connections emphasize the Faulknerian theme of Southern literature that the past is never fully gone. As past decisions and tragedies continue to reverberate, the very landscape contains a history of trauma.”
Looking back at 2018 Albright Honorable Mention Essay
Graduate student Daniel Moreno choose one of the 2018 Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Honorable Mention winners: “In times as ideologically and politically charged as we find ourselves today, Angela Belcher Epps’s Sandhill: A Symphony of Souls is not just an incredibly refreshing read, but a sobering one as well.”
Finding Grace “South of Heaven”
“The result is warm and respectful, even as the family in Meredith’s novel wrestles with the burdens of their personal and collective demons.”
The Cat’s Meow: Remembering the ’96 Issue
This week’s “Friday from the Archives” is dedicated to Bertie E. Fearing, founding associate editor of NCLR and her love of cats and literature.