27 Views of Raleigh : The City of Oaks in Prose & Poetry

Praise for the 27 Views Series:

"Entertaining and richly anecdotal."
North Carolina Libraries, regarding 27 Views of Asheville

"The aim of the collection . . . to build a multilayered portrait of a community as it exists through time and space . . . succeeds remarkably."
Independent Weekly, regarding 27 Views of Durham

"There is so much to recommend this spirited, diverse, and muscular collection."
Foreword Reviews, regarding 27 Views of Asheville

"Local 'glitterati and celebs capture the special ethos and history of the Southern part of heaven in delightful essays, short stories, and poetry."
Carolina Arts & Sciences, regarding 27 Views of Chapel Hill

Eno Publishers builds on its successful 27 Views series 27 Views of Durham (2012); 27 Views of Hillsborough (2010); 27 Views of Chapel Hill (2011); 27 Views of Asheville (2012) by showcasing the literary community of Raleigh, North Carolina, in 27 Views of Raleigh: The City of Oaks in Prose & Poetry. The book features prose and poetry by 27 writers, who in poetry, essays, short stories, and book excerpts focus on the famous capital city. Contributors to this anthology include Bridgette Lacy, Tom Hawkins, Margaret Maron, David Rigsbee, Rob Christensen, Angela Davis-Gardner, Lenard Moore, Jimmy Creech, Amanda Lamb, Kelly Starling Lyons, Betty Adcock, Tracie Fellers, Grayson Currin, Eleanora E. Tate, Hillary Hebert, Scott Huler, G.D. Gearino, Dana Lindquist, June Spence, Elaine Orr, Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi, Peggy Payne, and Tina Haver.

Wilton Barnhardt is a former reporter for Sports Illustrated and the author of Emma Who Saved My Life (1989), Gospel (1993), and Show World (1999). He teaches fiction writing to undergraduate and graduate students at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he is a faculty member in the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. His new novel, Lookaway, Lookaway, will be published in August 2013 by St. Martin's Press.