On Writing and Motherhood
Friday from the Archives: “On the Hinge” an essay by Meredith Anton, from NCLR 13 (2004)
Friday from the Archives: “On the Hinge” an essay by Meredith Anton, from NCLR 13 (2004)
Saturday Review: “Sugar Burns Bitter” a review by Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Ina Cariño’s collection Feast (2023)
Friday from the Archives: “Look Homeward, Angel: Of Ghosts, Angels, and Lostness” by Elizabeth Spencer, introduced by Terry L. Roberts, from NCLR 12 (2003)
We are looking forward to catching up dear friends at the Thomas Wolfe Society Conference in Durham NC at the end of May.
Saturday Review: “Words Worth Hearing” a review by Julia Nunnally Duncan in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Mary Ricketson’s novel Stutters: A Book of Hope (2023)
We are honored to welcome Clyde Edgerton, winner of the North Carolina Humanities Award for Literature, and Elizabeth Engelhardt, author of Boardinghouse Women, which examines the influence of the Old Kentucky Home on Wolfe’s life and works. The theme of our conference is “The Short Stories of Thomas Wolfe.”
Friday from the Archives: “Lyrical Journalism, Investigative Poetry” by Rebecca Duncan from NCLR 28 (2019)
Congratulations to Ashlen Renner, the 2024 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Winner, as well as honorable mentions for Erick Aguilar and Loss Pequeno Glazier.
From the initial drafting of the CFP to finalizing content, the entire process has been an immense amount of work but rewarding all along the way.
We are thrilled to again sponsor the NC Humanities Stories Luncheon, honoring the Caldwell Award recipient(s).
Saturday Review: “And We Are Here, Right Here” a review by Jimmy Dean Smith in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Ron Rash’s novel The Caretaker (2023)