Happy Independent Bookstore Day!
We already shared Dale Bailey’s Winter 2022 issue book review, but today’s Independent Bookstore Day, and his review features photos from some of North Carolina’s… Read More »Happy Independent Bookstore Day!
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Upcoming Independent Bookstore Day!
Since tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day, our Friday from the Archives features Cynthia Lewis’s 2016 essay about book clubs, which features bookstores. Read the first… Read More »Upcoming Independent Bookstore Day!
A review by Sharon E. Colley
Saturday Review in 2022: Read Sharon E. Colley’s review of the 2021 Lee Smith Novel Prize winner, The Baddest Girl on the Planet by Heather… Read More »A review by Sharon E. Colley
What Poetry Can Do
Friday from the Archives with NCLR Poetry Editor Jeff Franklin in town, we’re giving away 2007 issues featuring an interview with him. Back issues can… Read More »What Poetry Can Do
Two New City-Set Novels
“What would Lee Roberts think of his son Terry’s latest novel? Set on Ellis Island, it is a hard-boiled detective thriller, the type of book Mr. Roberts was addicted to, short chapters and all.
Faith Shearin’s Lost Language
Saturday Review in 2022: Read John Lang’s review of Lost Language, by Faith Shearin. Shearin’s collection of poems explores the language of marriage amid grievous… Read More »Faith Shearin’s Lost Language
Easter Weekend
Friday from the Archives on this Easter weekend: a 2005 poem by Lorrin Willis, with art by David Charles Terry, entitled Easter.
Jim Clark’s review
Saturday Review in 2022: Read Jim Clark’s review of L.C. Fiore’s Coyote Loop and Terry Robert’s My Mistress’ Eyes Are Raven Black.
An Excerpt from John Ehle’s The Landbreakers
Read this excerpt from John Ehle’s The Landbreakers (with art by Will Henry Stevens); then read an exploration of John Ehle’s Mountain Novels by Terry Roberts. Consider… Read More »An Excerpt from John Ehle’s The Landbreakers
Dale Bailey’s review
Saturday Review in 2022: Dale Bailey explores genre in his review of Michael Amos Cody’s, A Twilight Reel, and Tim Garvin’s, A Dredging in Swan.… Read More »Dale Bailey’s review