Trzepacz reviews Bare
Saturday Review: “Amethyst Eyes” a review by Abby Trzepacz in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Micki Bare’s novel Blind Fairy (2023)
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Brains, Heart, and Courage: Martin Gardner
Friday from the Archives: “Martin Gardner: North Carolina’s Historian of Oz and Annotator of Alice,” interview by Mark I. West from NCLR 10 (2001)
Coby reviews Ballingrud
Saturday Review: “Adventures, Entrepeneurs, and Scoundrels” a review by Jim Coby in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Nathan Ballingrud’s novel The Strange (2023)
Ground(ed) in Purpose: Ron Rash in Appalachia
Friday from the Archives: “Ron Rash’s Serena and the “blank and pitiless gaze” of Exploitation in Appalachia” by Joyce Compton Brown with Mark Powell from NCLR 19 (2010)
Monday Memories: NCLR Students Past and Present
Prepping for this interview, I had perused my bookshelves thinking, Now which of these Southern writers are from North Carolina? Then I grabbed a slim volume by Fred Chappell to read on the plane…
Kessel reviews Bailey
Saturday Review: “Fright Night” a review by John Kessel in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Dale Bailey’s collection This Island Earth: 8 Features from the Drive-In (2023)
Hope-Gill on Healing Intersections
Friday from the Archives: “Finding the Heart of Medicine: Intersections of Healthcare and Writing” by Laura Hope-Gill from NCLR 30 (2021)
Gaspeny reviews Bathanti
Saturday Review: “A Song From the Combustible Heart of Pittsburgh” a review by Michael Gaspeny in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Joseph Bathanti’s collection The Act of Contrition & Other Stories (2023)
Margaret Maron Investigates Before the Murder
Friday from the Archives: “Sister-in-Crime: An Interview with Margaret Maron” by Art Taylor from NCLR 2.1 (1994)
Editor Declares Her Book of the Year
I must have this book on my shelf. And I can’t wait to talk with author Marjorie Hudson about this incredible novel. (Yes, I did take notes as I read of things I want to talk with the author about.)