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Memoir

South of My Dreams

Woman plans, God laughs . . . Woman Persists.

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Forthcoming / Civil Rights

The Cost of the Vote

One man's struggle for the ballot reveals the sacrifices of those who shaped the civil rights movement in the American South

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Memoir

The End of Tennessee

A haunting memoir of childhood trauma, building a life, and living with wounds that never heal

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New in Paperback / Memoir

Shall We Play That One Together?

The life of the unparalleled purveyor of the Great American Songbook, Marian McPartland, is celebrated in this engrossing biography

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South of My Dreams

F. K. Clementi

The End of Tennessee

Rachel M. Hanson

A Short History of Greenville

Judith T. Bainbridge

A Deeper South

Pete Candler
foreword by Rosanne Cash

Liberty Street

Jason K. Friedman

Another Sojourner Looking for Truth

Millicent E. Brown

Injustice in Focus

Claudia Smith Brinson
photographs by Cecil Williams

The Garretts of Columbia

David Nicholson

A Gamecock Odyssey

Alan Piercy

Kugels and Collards

Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey
with John M. Sherrer III
foreword by Marcie Cohen Ferris

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Built by the People Themselves

Lindsey Bestebreurtje

Securing the Prize

Randall Fowler

Exporting Reconstruction

Ryan P. Semmes

Dearest Mama

William S. Walker

Peace by Peace

Lisa Ellen Silvestri

The War Comes with You

Stacey Peebles

Understanding Lynn Nottage

Jennifer L. Hayes

Mary Turner and the Mob

Thomas Aiello

The Cost of the Vote

Carolyn Click

The Cheese Biscuit Queen, Kiss My Aspic!

Mary Martha Greene
foreword by Cassandra King

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Kugels and Collards

Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey
with John M. Sherrer III
foreword by Marcie Cohen Ferris

A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina, revised and expanded edition

Patrick D. McMillan, Richard D. Porcher Jr., Douglas A. Rayner, and David B. White

Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen Gardens
introduction by Page Hayhurst Kiniry
foreword by Dick Rosen
with contributions by Robin R. Salmon

Gullah Spirit

Jonathan Green
foreword by Angela D. Mack

Taste the State

Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields

The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All

Mary Martha Greene

A Short History of Charleston, revised and expanded edition

Robert N. Rosen

Yearning to Breathe Free

Andrew Billingsley
foreword by James E. Clyburn

The Tar Heel State, revised edition

Milton Ready

Northern Money, Southern Land

edited by Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius

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Free Black Charlestonians in Debate

edited by Angela G. Ray

Descended

Keith Rushing

Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture, Volume 2

edited by Christopher D. Johnson

South Carolina Reflections

photographs by Robert C. Clark
text by Tom Poland
foreword by Mary Alice Monroe

The Cost of the Vote

Carolyn Click

Honorable and Brilliant Labors

edited by John D. Miller

The Santee Canal

Elizabeth Connor, Richard Dwight Porcher Jr., and William Robert Judd

A Short History of Greenville

Judith T. Bainbridge

Another Sojourner Looking for Truth

Millicent E. Brown

Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture, Volume 1

edited by Christopher D. Johnson

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USC Press and SCETV Partner to Celebrate Jazz Legend Marian McPartland with Special Event

Posted: September 12, 2024

University of South Carolina Press and South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) partner to celebrate jazz legend Marian McPartland with an evening of live jazz and a book launch for the for…
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Jason Friedman's Liberty Street featured on Good Morning America

Posted: September 12, 2024

Jason Friedman's new book, Liberty Street: A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War, was featured on Good Morning America as a GMA Buzz Pick for August 29, 2024. In Liberty Street,…
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Schooling the Movement Wins 2024 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award

Posted: April 29, 2024

Editors Derrick P. Alridge, Jon N. Hale, and Tondra L. Loder-Jackson win a 2024 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award for Schooling the Movement: The Activism of Southern B…
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10

A Deeper South Author Talk with Pete Candler (Atlanta, GA)

Join us for an author talk with Pete Candler to learn about how his road trips through the American South led to a personal confrontation with history as explored in his new book, A Deeper Sou…
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Nov.
15

Honorable and Brilliant Labors Author Talk with John D. Miller (Columbia, SC)

Join us for talk with author John D. Miller to learn about the orations of William Gilmore Simms as collected in Miller's new book, Honorable and Brilliant Labors. William Gilmore Simms was in…
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Dec.
3

The End of Tennessee Author Reading with Rachel M. Hanson (Spartanburg, SC)

Join us for an author reading with Rachel M. Hanson. In her new memoir, The End of Tennessee, Rachel shares how she fled her violent childhood home to build a new life, in spite of her trauma.…
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Dec.
8

South of My Dreams Author Talk with F.K. Clementi (New York, NY)

Join us for an author talk with F. K. Clementi as she shares her journey to finding her American home in her debut memoir, South of My Dreams. Introducing a new Jewish voice from the South tha…
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Dec.
17

South of My Dreams Author Talk with F.K. Clementi (New York, NY)

Feb.
26

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (Port Washington, NY)

Join us for an author talk with Jason K. Friedman. In his new book, Liberty Street, Jason shares his journey to uncovering the hidden histories of the Cohens, a Southern Jewish family, and the…
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Feb.
27

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (Virtual)

Join us for an author talk with Jason K. Friedman as part of the Katz JCC Festival of Community, Art, Book, Film, and Culture . In his new book, Liberty Street, Jason shares his journey to unc…
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Mar.
18

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (Virtual)

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Memoir

South of My Dreams

Forthcoming / Civil Rights

The Cost of the Vote

Memoir

The End of Tennessee

New in Paperback / Memoir

Shall We Play That One Together?

News

USC Press and SCETV Partner to Celebrate Jazz Legend Marian McPartland with Special Event

Jason Friedman's Liberty Street featured on Good Morning America

Schooling the Movement Wins 2024 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award

Events

A Deeper South Author Talk with Pete Candler (Atlanta, GA)

Honorable and Brilliant Labors Author Talk with John D. Miller (Columbia, SC)

The End of Tennessee Author Reading with Rachel M. Hanson (Spartanburg, SC)

South of My Dreams Author Talk with F.K. Clementi (New York, NY)

South of My Dreams Author Talk with F.K. Clementi (New York, NY)

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (Port Washington, NY)

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (Virtual)

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (Virtual)

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