To celebrate and promote banned books, we asked UNCW's Creative Writing and English Department what their favorite banned books were. Here's their collaborative list of Banned Must-Reads.

"Towels… We need towels!" yelled Morely, descending the stairs, his floral print button-up now a tacky, tropical casualty of arterial spray.

Marcus Dawson is a North Carolina collage artist whose mission is to spread joy and light through hand cut analog collages. He has a deep love for found papers and photographs that enables him to puzzle pieces together to tell a story through art.

I sat down on a spring afternoon with poet Anna Lena Phillips Bell to talk about her new book “Might Could." Winner of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, “Might Could" explores the floodplains of North Carolina, the flowers that grow along the riverside, what it means to call a place home, and the juxtaposition of loving and grieving for an environmentally traumatized landscape. In “Might Could", you’ll find the Cape Fear River alive with mosquitoes and hurricane wreckage, light

Wilmington, NC — October 1, 2026 — Wilmington’s riverfront will come alive this fall with the return of Voracious: Cellar, Sea, and Shore, an evening of indulgence showcasing craft beer, fine wines, and gourmet bites in support of a vital local cause. The event takes place Friday, October 23, 2026, from 6:00–9:00 PM at Live Oak Pavilion at Riverfront Park, setting the stage for a weekend of celebration leading into the Lighthouse Beer and Wine Festival.Voracious is more than