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WAR IN north carolina LITERATURE Be sure to subscribe to NCLR so that you won’t miss the interview with Morgan, as well as an interview with Ron Rash and Terry Roberts; David Cecelski’s essay on Arthur Miller’s World War II visit to Wilmington, NC; Charlotte Cohen’s 2013 Betts Prize story about a veteran suffering PTSD; John Gruesser’s essay on Spanish American War–era African American poet James McGirt; and Kathaleen Amende’s essay on William Forstchen’s post-Apocalyptic novel One Second After, set in Black Mountain. And that is just what is coming in the special feature section of the issue. In the Flashbacks section of this electronic issue you will find material about and by writers featured in previous issues, including an essay by Michael McFee remembering Doris Betts and their shared appreciation of a book by Randall Jarrell, and an essay by Fred Chappell on the occasion of his receiving yet another award to add to his numerous well-deserved honors. And there is even more in this issue. Go to the North Carolina Miscellany section to read about more of the content and about the 2015 special feature section topic. n
8 “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die” an excerpt from A Short Time to Stay Here by Terry Roberts
18 The Circuit Rider in a Sable Suit John Milliken Thompson, Love and Lament a review by Alison Arant 19 The Great War Inspires Two Great Novels 20 Constructive Remorse Gail Godwin, Flora: A Novel a review by Peggy Dunn Bailey 22 Ragan Old North State Award for Civil War–Era Biography 23 Economy creative nonfiction by Kelly Clancy photography by Hans Curt Pfalzgraf 28 Uranium Field creative nonfiction by Jen Julian 32 Flashing onto the Scene Katey Schultz, Flashes of War a review by Ron Jackson 34 Of Lions and Sparrows a short story by Seth Peavey art by George Scott
also IN THIS ISSUE 45 n Flashbacks: Echoes of Past Issues poetry, nonfiction, book reviews,
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91 n North Carolina Miscellany an interview, poetry, and book reviews