A new collection of essays by the late North Carolina author Randall Kenan offers a portrait of a writer who moved seamlessly between identities and styles.
Wiley Cash
Wiley Cash is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels and the founder of This Is Working, an online creative community. He’s been a fellow at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, and he teaches fiction writing and literature at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, photographer Mallory Cash, and their daughters.
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A Conversation with Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore
Glenda Gilmore, the author of a new book about acclaimed artist Romare Bearden, talks to books editor Wiley Cash.
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An Artist’s Reckoning
A new book explores acclaimed artist Romare Bearden’s roots in North Carolina and how his work grappled with his family’s experience in the South.
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A Wild Vision
In George Masa’s Wild Vision, Brent Martin explores the artistry and adversity of a photographer who made a life capturing western North Carolina’s most challenging landscapes.
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A Conversation with Brent Martin
The author of George Masa’s Wild Vision: A Japanese Immigrant Imagines Western North Carolina talks to Assembly books editor Wiley Cash.
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A Conversation With Jason Mott
The author of Hell of a Book, winner of the 2021 National Book Award, recently talked to books editor Wiley Cash.
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Introducing NC Books: A New Column From Wiley Cash
Our inaugural books column looks at Charles Frazier’s 1997 novel, Cold Mountain, and Jason Mott’s 2021 novel, Hell of a Book, both of which were named National Book Award winners.
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A Conversation With Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain remains a classic work of North Carolina literature 25 years after it was published.
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Fathers and Strangers
Best selling author of The Last Ballad, Wiley Cash, reflects on his father’s journey from mill town to middle class, and the tensions of character and politics that emerged.