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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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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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Dearest Mama

William S. Walker

The War Comes with You

Stacey Peebles

Peace by Peace

Lisa Ellen Silvestri

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

South Carolina Reflections

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

The Virginia House-wife, updated edition

Mary Randolph
with commentary by Karen Hess
foreword by Debra Freeman

Rebirth

Jennifer Whitmer Taylor

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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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David Nicholson's The Garretts of Columbia selected as a Favorite Book of 2024 by Washington Independent Review of Books

Posted: November 25, 2024

The Washington Independent Review of Books selected The Garretts of Columbia by David Nicholson as one of its 51 Favorite Books of 2024. The Independent was launched in 2011 by writers and ed…
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The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes Wins the 2024 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Outstanding Book Award

Posted: November 22, 2024

The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport presented Richard M. Southall, Mark S. Nagel, Ellen J. Staurowsky, Richard T. Karcher, and Joel G. Maxcy with the 2024 Outsanding Book Awa…
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Hungry Roots by Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Wendy Atkins-Sayre selected as a 2025 North Carolina Reads pick by North Carolina Humanities

Posted: November 11, 2024

North Carolina Humanities selected Hungry Roots by Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Wendy Atkins-Sayre as a North Carolina Reads pick for April 2025. North Carolina Reads is a virtual book club th…
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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.
9

The Cheese Biscuit Queen, Kiss My Aspic! Author Book Signing with Mary Martha Greene (Charleston, SC)

Join us for a book signing with Mary Martha Greene. In her forthcoming book, The Cheese Biscuit Queen, Kiss My Aspic!, Mary Martha shares a fresh batch of Southern recipes and saucy stories. M…
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Mar.
18

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

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Memoir

South of My Dreams

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The Cost of the Vote

Memoir

The End of Tennessee

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Shall We Play That One Together?

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David Nicholson's The Garretts of Columbia selected as a Favorite Book of 2024 by Washington Independent Review of Books

The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes Wins the 2024 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Outstanding Book Award

Hungry Roots by Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Wendy Atkins-Sayre selected as a 2025 North Carolina Reads pick by North Carolina Humanities

Events

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)

The Cheese Biscuit Queen, Kiss My Aspic! Author Book Signing with Mary Martha Greene (Charleston, SC)

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

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