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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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The End of Tennessee

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

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South of My Dreams

Woman plans, God laughs . . . Woman Persists.

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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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The End of Tennessee

Rachel M. Hanson

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

Charleston Horse Power

Christina Rae Butler

From Barbycu to Barbecue

Joseph R. Haynes

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Shall We Play That One Together?, updated edition

Paul de Barros

South of My Dreams

F. K. Clementi

Built by the People Themselves

Lindsey Bestebreurtje

Securing the Prize

Randall Fowler

Exporting Reconstruction

Ryan P. Semmes

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

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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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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

The Words and Wares of David Drake

edited by Jill Beute Koverman and Jane Przybysz

Injustice in Focus

Claudia Smith Brinson
photographs by Cecil Williams

The Garretts of Columbia

David Nicholson

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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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University of South Carolina Press and Southeastern Book Travelers Reach Southeastern US Sales Representation Agreement

Posted: March 1, 2024

Columbia, SC, March 1, 2024 – University of South Carolina Press, one of the oldest and most distinguished publishing houses in the South, is pleased to announce its strategic partnershi…
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Editorial, Design, and Production Director Ana Bichanich Leads New Accessibility Initiative

Posted: December 11, 2023

When Ana Bichanich joined the University of South Carolina Press in September to lead its Editorial, Design, and Production department, she brought 10 years of production editor experience as…
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Sep.
11

Another Sojouner Looking for Truth Author Talk with Millicent E. Brown (N. Charleston, SC)

Join us for an author talk with Millicent E. Brown. A lifelong social justice advocate, Brown shares memories and insights from her search for freedom as an African American woman as detailed…
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Sep.
26

USC Press Authors at Brooklyn Book Festival (Millicent E. Brown, Pete Candler, David Nicholson)

An official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event, sponsored by Brooklyn Social Media and Old Stone House. The panelists will discuss their perspectives on the South as explicated in their new…
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Sep.
29

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (San Francisco, CA)

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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Oct.
1

Shall We Play That One Together? Book Launch and Jazz Celebration

Join South Carolina ETV and Public Radio and the University of South Carolina Press for an unforgettable evening celebrating the legacy of jazz pianist Marian McPartland and the launch of the…
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Oct.
8

The End of Tennessee Author Talk with Rachel M. Hanson (Richmond, VA)

Join us for an author talk with Rachel M. Hanson in conversation with Diamond Forde, poet and assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. In her new memoir, The End of T…
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Oct.
9

The End of Tennessee Reading with Rachel M. Hanson (Salisbury, MD)

Join us for a reading of The End of Tennessee with author Rachel M. Hanson. "Not a year before I ran away from home at seventeen, I stepped out of the house at dusk, still able to see shrub oa…
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Oct.
18-19

Storytelling Through Photography Retreat with Pete Candler (Arkansas)

Join author Pete Candler for a photography retreat to learn about how he tells stories through photographs, hosted by Arkansas State University. His hands-on approach to storytelling will have…
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Oct.
23

A Deeper South Author Talk with Pete Candler (Charleston, SC)

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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Oct.
24

A Deeper South Author Talk with Pete Candler (Beaufort, SC)

Oct.
29

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

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Shall We Play That One Together?

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The End of Tennessee

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South of My Dreams

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The Cost of the Vote

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

University of South Carolina Press and Southeastern Book Travelers Reach Southeastern US Sales Representation Agreement

Editorial, Design, and Production Director Ana Bichanich Leads New Accessibility Initiative

Events

Another Sojouner Looking for Truth Author Talk with Millicent E. Brown (N. Charleston, SC)

USC Press Authors at Brooklyn Book Festival (Millicent E. Brown, Pete Candler, David Nicholson)

Liberty Street Author Talk with Jason K. Friedman (San Francisco, CA)

Shall We Play That One Together? Book Launch and Jazz Celebration

The End of Tennessee Author Talk with Rachel M. Hanson (Richmond, VA)

The End of Tennessee Reading with Rachel M. Hanson (Salisbury, MD)

Storytelling Through Photography Retreat with Pete Candler (Arkansas)

A Deeper South Author Talk with Pete Candler (Charleston, SC)

A Deeper South Author Talk with Pete Candler (Beaufort, SC)

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

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