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Tell the Kids I Love Them

A son's search for meaning in the shadow of war and a father's final words

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The Spurrier Effect

Everyone said it couldn't be done; Steve Spurrier proved them wrong

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Smoke on the Battery

An illustrated history of Civil War Charleston brought to life through firsthand accounts

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Justice is Worth the Journey

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The Spurrier Effect

Brent Silvia and Kevin Miller

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Gullah-Geechee Diasporas

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Foraging Wild Herbs, paperback original

April Punsalan

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Tenacious and True

Scott Pleasant

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Backcountry Resistance

Carl P. Borick

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Affective Rhetorics

Jessica L. Ouellette

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Jeremy Redmon

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Stephen R. Wise

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Always Looking Forward

James Edward Bowers

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Infectious Urgency

Julie Gerdes

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An Artist's Life

Mary Whyte

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Kugels and Collards

Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey

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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

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Brookgreen Gardens

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Gullah Spirit

Jonathan Green

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Southern Simchas

Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey

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From the Bronx to the Bench

Bobby Cremins

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The History and Science of Earthquakes in South Carolina, 1698-2025

Donald A. Stevenson and Pradeep Talwani

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Stephen R. Wise

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Join us for an author talk with Carl P. Borick, in conversation with Angela Elder, who will discuss his new book, Backcountry Resistance. In Backcountry Resistance, Carl P. Borick delivers a…

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USC Press Fall Interns to Receive New $1,500 Stipend Amount

September 8, 2026

Columbia, SC – September 8, 2026 Starting this fall, University of South Carolina Press will give its interns a $1,500 stipend, up from $1,000, thanks to generous donations received dur…

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Muhammad Fraser-Rahim and Elizabeth J. West discuss the influence of Gullah-Geechee culture in The Guardian

July 28, 2026

The Gullah-Geechee people, descendants of enslaved Africans, are known to live in the Sea Islands and along South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina coast. What is less known, howe…

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