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Happy New Year from the Carolina Quarterly! We have some exciting things to announce soon. 2026 is going to be bright. 💫
In the meantime, you can read about CQ's history in Southern Lights. It is a time-capsule of our history and the stellar writing we've been privileged to publish since 1948. 🤍
In the meantime, you can read about CQ's history in Southern Lights. It is a time-capsule of our history and the stellar writing we've been privileged to publish since 1948. 🤍
January 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Happy New Year from the Carolina Quarterly! We have some exciting things to announce soon. 2026 is going to be bright. 💫
In the meantime, you can read about CQ's history in Southern Lights. It is a time-capsule of our history and the stellar writing we've been privileged to publish since 1948. 🤍
In the meantime, you can read about CQ's history in Southern Lights. It is a time-capsule of our history and the stellar writing we've been privileged to publish since 1948. 🤍
Happy Halloween! Lord Byron's poem "Darkness" was published in 1816, the infamous "year without a summer." Its languid mood and despairing yet vivid tone make it a perfect read for this spooky holiday. 🍂 🌙
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happy Halloween! Lord Byron's poem "Darkness" was published in 1816, the infamous "year without a summer." Its languid mood and despairing yet vivid tone make it a perfect read for this spooky holiday. 🍂 🌙
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Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
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After over a century, Oscar Wilde’s borrowing privileges have finally been restored.
How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.
This weekend, the British Library issued a century-late apology to Oscar Wilde in the form of a brand new library card. The Irish poet-novelist-playwright was the toast of 19th-century Anglo letter…
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October 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
After over a century, Oscar Wilde’s borrowing privileges have finally been restored.
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Check out “Blue Morpho," a poem from Paula Bohince's latest collection A Violence in @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/blue-morpho-....
“Blue Morpho,” a Poem by Paula Bohince
Adrift in an azure trance, affixed by invisible star-points of pins to the sumptuous nothing of black velvet, it’s as immense as the word once uttered once, buffeted by silence, to float or sink. G…
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October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Check out “Blue Morpho," a poem from Paula Bohince's latest collection A Violence in @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/blue-morpho-....
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Like other women poets of my generation, writing long works on themes the world reserves for philosophy as such, I am often called ambitious. The word “desperate” would probably be more accurate: I can't accept the Tyrant's truths...
- Alice Notley, "Instability in Poetry" (2001)
- Alice Notley, "Instability in Poetry" (2001)
October 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Like other women poets of my generation, writing long works on themes the world reserves for philosophy as such, I am often called ambitious. The word “desperate” would probably be more accurate: I can't accept the Tyrant's truths...
- Alice Notley, "Instability in Poetry" (2001)
- Alice Notley, "Instability in Poetry" (2001)
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It's here! The latest issue of The Kenyon Review includes fiction by Madison Bakalar and Torsa Ghosa; nonfiction by Tori McCandless, Nik Chang Hoon, and Daniel Uncapher; and poetry by Sydney Mayes, Crystal AC Salas, and Clara Trippe. Cover art by Krista Franklin.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's here! The latest issue of The Kenyon Review includes fiction by Madison Bakalar and Torsa Ghosa; nonfiction by Tori McCandless, Nik Chang Hoon, and Daniel Uncapher; and poetry by Sydney Mayes, Crystal AC Salas, and Clara Trippe. Cover art by Krista Franklin.
kenyonreview.org/journal/summ...
kenyonreview.org/journal/summ...
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Coming soon in the Yale Review: Me on Terrence Malick’s influence among a generation of filmmakers.
Coming soon—Winter 2025, or our Therapy Issue.
Nine poets explore the lyric’s proximity to the analytic. Plus: Anahid Nersessian on life after divorce; a new short story by Nathan Englander; and more.
Subscribe by November 5 to receive this issue: shop.yalereview.org/products/the...
Nine poets explore the lyric’s proximity to the analytic. Plus: Anahid Nersessian on life after divorce; a new short story by Nathan Englander; and more.
Subscribe by November 5 to receive this issue: shop.yalereview.org/products/the...
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Coming soon in the Yale Review: Me on Terrence Malick’s influence among a generation of filmmakers.
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Our new website is LIVE! Our new site provides up-to-date information on our history, current staff, and submission periods. Please show it some love. 🤍
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October 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Our new website is LIVE! Our new site provides up-to-date information on our history, current staff, and submission periods. Please show it some love. 🤍
Staff applications are closed! Thank you to everyone who applied. We'll be in touch this week.
October 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Staff applications are closed! Thank you to everyone who applied. We'll be in touch this week.
Today is the LAST day to join our editorial team! We're seeking to fill the roles of readers, managing editor, and more. Open to all #UNC students. Apply here:
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October 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Today is the LAST day to join our editorial team! We're seeking to fill the roles of readers, managing editor, and more. Open to all #UNC students. Apply here:
So many journals close their submissions tonight! Where are you submitting your work? 🤎
September 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So many journals close their submissions tonight! Where are you submitting your work? 🤎
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The 22 new books out today include titles by Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more!
Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more: 22 new books out today!
With the world as we know it seemingly caving in around us, never has there been a better time to orient ourselves around what truly matters. Our loved ones. Our activism. Our small kindnesses to e…
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September 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The 22 new books out today include titles by Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more!
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A case for the importance of literary festivals: “The time we devote to others in person has shrunk, almost without our noticing. A festival interrupts that trend.”
Why Literary Festivals Still Matter
What does a punk drummer have to do with a scholar of caste in India, or a border reporter who has walked for years with coyotes? At first glance, almost nothing. But their work, their testimonies,…
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September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A case for the importance of literary festivals: “The time we devote to others in person has shrunk, almost without our noticing. A festival interrupts that trend.”
STAFF APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! We are seeking editors and readers for the 25-26AY. All positions are volunteer roles. Open to undergraduate and grad students at #UNC.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
STAFF APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! We are seeking editors and readers for the 25-26AY. All positions are volunteer roles. Open to undergraduate and grad students at #UNC.
Apply here or at the link in our bio: linktr.ee/carolinaquar....
Apply here or at the link in our bio: linktr.ee/carolinaquar....
THE CAROLINA QUARTERLY IS COMING BACK! 🤍
We are so excited to announce that, after a long hiatus, the Carolina Quarterly is coming back to life under new leadership. Our new EIC is looking forward to restoring the Carolina Quarterly to its former stellar operations.
We are so excited to announce that, after a long hiatus, the Carolina Quarterly is coming back to life under new leadership. Our new EIC is looking forward to restoring the Carolina Quarterly to its former stellar operations.
September 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
THE CAROLINA QUARTERLY IS COMING BACK! 🤍
We are so excited to announce that, after a long hiatus, the Carolina Quarterly is coming back to life under new leadership. Our new EIC is looking forward to restoring the Carolina Quarterly to its former stellar operations.
We are so excited to announce that, after a long hiatus, the Carolina Quarterly is coming back to life under new leadership. Our new EIC is looking forward to restoring the Carolina Quarterly to its former stellar operations.