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.

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

“Sword of the Seven Sins” follows Eva who lives in the Commonwealth, a tyrannical place where everyone is punished if they commit one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Welcome to Enconversation, Fixing Congress Part 3 with Rachel Lewis Hilburn. Listen or read the first two parts of this interview at FIXING CONGRESS PT. 1: Compromise, collegiality, and the shift to vitriol and FIXING CONGRESS PT. 2: Political power and the media.

Danny Crapanzano shares a few books that you can read to stay conscious, informed and aware of what’s going on in your local environment, as well as actions you can take to make a difference with what you learn.

There are few things as connective as a reader who resonates with a book they love. Having a space to discuss that connection and someone to talk to who may feel the exact same way is important in both building relationships within the community and feeling less alone; two things we could all benefit from.

A reflection on the week of January 5-9 and (possibly relevant and relatable) musings over this moment.

As a fellow gigging musician, Mark Herbert notes how David Dixon's “The Musician's Gold Mine” shares valuable perspectives.

Next week, UNCW Writers Week (Nov. 3-7) and North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference (Nov. 7-9) overlap to offer writers and enthusiasts spaces to learn, grow, and enjoy literary storytelling in all forms.

​​CFLC’s Adult Story Hour supports their free adult literacy programming and each event of the series includes food and drinks for purchase, NC writers and entertainers, and Q&A with special guest moderators.

Local author Deb Bowen co-wrote "Crafting the Wheel of the Year," available now.

"I Found My Piece" features a story of Nezzo, whose family is moving for mom's new job, which means a new home, a new school and new lots of things; the things that can feel a part of us, pieces of who we are. When those pieces start to come apart, his mom introduces him to meditation.