Charlotte Lit’s Blog

Welcome to Charlotte Lit’s literary arts blog. What you’ll find here: reviews, interviews, craft essays, previews of literary arts events, and anything else that catches our attention.

Lisa Zerkle

Cecily Parks’ “O’Nights”

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In Walden, Henry David Thoreau’s classic, hermited study of the natural world, he acknowledges his immersive contemplation might be considered odd. “This was sheer idleness to my fellow townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting.” That standard—of the stars, the moon, […]

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Lisa Zerkle

Grant News: 4X4CLT Series Funded by Arts and Science Council

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We’re thrilled to announce Charlotte Lit was awarded a Cultural Vision Grant from the Arts and Science Council in support of our quarterly 4X4CLT poetry and art poster series. This grant, provided in part by the NC Arts Council, funds six editions of the series beginning with September’s release and ending in December 2019. The […]

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Kathie Collins

A Reflection on Color in Patrice Gopo’s “All the Colors We Will See”

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Patrice Gopo’s All the Colors We Will See was released by Thomas Nelson this week. The book was named a Barnes & Noble Fall 2018 Discover Great New Writers selection. Patrice will read from and discuss the book at Park Road Books at 7 pm this Thursday. In one of the essays in her new collection All the […]

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Paul Reali

Just Put On the Mouse Ears, Already: Wildacres Writing Workshop

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Special thanks to the Arts and Science Council, which awarded me a Regional Artist Project Grant to attend the Wildacres Writing Workshop this year. The warnings go something like this: “You’re thinking about Wildacres? It’s amazing, but you need to know about the Gong Show.” For more than 30 summers, writer and writing enthusiast Judi […]

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