NORTH CAROLINA CONNECTIONS: AN INTERVIEW WITH NCLR EDITOR MARGARET BAUER

• Published in: North Carolina literary review 2016-06 (25), p.8-24
• Main Author: Vernon, Zackary
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bauer, Margaret; Bauer, Margaret D; Editors; Interviews; Literary magazines; Literary newspapers and periodicals; Literature and society; Periodical publishing; Place identity; Regionalism; Speculative fiction
• ISSN: 1063-0724; 2165-1809

First through NCLR and then with my own scholarship, I have worked to change that, particularly after discovering his play The House of Connelly, which I maintain rivals the work of Tennessee Williams.3 Similarly, I wasn't aware ofJohn Ehle's fiction until Kevin Watson sent me Press 53's new edition of The Land Breakers several years ago. SHAPING NORTH CAROLINA LITERATURE In what ways do you think NCLR helps shape perceptions of North Carolina literature and writers (with the public? the writing community? with literary scholars?)? Since it is largely a result of the Art Direction of Dana Ezzell and the quality of the writing itself, I believe I can say that our issues are impressive without sounding too much like I am tooting my own horn. Both of these issues included major coups. Besides the interview with Edgerton in 2003, we also featured on the cover, previously unpublished cyanotypes from the Wright brothers test flights. [...]undergraduate interns and graduate editorial assistants do the day-to-day production work on the online and print issue content, including formatting and quote- and fact-checking and following up on the queries I mark as I edit.