North Carolina Literary Review: Number 35, 2026

The 2026 issues feature Military Writing in North Carolina, guest edited by Anna Froula, Professor of Film Studies in the English Department at East Carolina University. The print issue opens with Jessica Cory’s essay about the intertwining roles of Lumbee and US military identity in Delano Cumming’s Moon Dash Warrior. Then three daughters craft memoirs and poetry from their experiences with their military fathers: Leah Hampton’s memoir about growing up on military bases abroad and in North...