Our First Editors’ Meeting
Almost all (we missed Dana and Jeff!) of the current editorial staff gathered at Editor Margaret Bauer’s home near ECU this past week to finally meet each other in person!
News
Clark reviews Barbee and Loderstedt
Saturday Review: “About Their Business, Two Contrasting Poets” a review by Jim Clark in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Sam Barbee’s poetry collection Apertures of Voluptuous Force (2022) and Michael Loderstedt’s poetry collection Why We Fished (2023)
The Work of the Story: From Book to Screen
Friday from the Archives: ““History v. Hollywood: Civil Rights Meet Silver Screen; or, ‘writing history with lightning,’” by Timothy B. Tyson from NCLR 21 (2012)
“Not A Night Without A Line” Wins 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Carter reviews Kirkpatrick
Saturday Review: “Help From Unexpected Quarters” a review of Kathryn Kirkpatrick’s poetry collection The Fisher Queen: New and Selected Poems (2019) by Catherine Carter in NCLR Online Spring 2024
“Summer Dawn” in Carolina
Friday from the Archives: “Summer Dawn,” a poem, by Priscilla Melchior, from NCLR 26 (2017)
Simpson reviews Gerard
Saturday Review: “Philip Gerard, American Anthem” a review by Bland Simpson of the memoir
Philip Gerard. Words & Music: An Album of a Life in Story and Song (2023) in NCLR Online Spring 2024
A Frank and Open Willingness
Friday from the Archives: “That’s How We Learn”: Ben Fountain Talks With Student Veterans At ECU” compiled by Anna Froula with Sheena Eagan from NCLR 31 (2022)
NC Poetry Society Meeting includes Green Performance Poetry
Our winners perform at the NC Poetry Society Fall Meeting on Sept 14 in Asheville.
Kesler reviews Duncan
Saturday Review: “Reflections on Self and Family” a review by Jon Kesler in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Julia Nunnally Duncan’s novel All We Have Loved (2023)