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Dark poems struggling to reconcile a haunting loss and troubled present

Selected by Kate Daniels as the winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Driving through the Country befor…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586699/Seeking
A collection of poetry and prose prompted by a renowned Gullah artist's paintings

The best art has the uncanny ability not only to give pleasure to those who view it but also to led to…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586698/The-Complete-Poems-of-James-Dickey
The definitive collection of works by a quintessential twentieth-century American poet

The Complete Poems of James Dickey is an authoritative edition of all 331 poems published by one o…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586683/Seven-Strong
A collection of poems from award-winning poets on race, gender, history, and identity in South Carolina communities

A collaboration between the South Carolina Poetry Initiative and the…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586666/Ota-Benga-under-My-Mothers-Roof
A harrowing tale of objectification, friendship, and reverance for the human spirit

In Ota Benga under My Mother's Roof, Carrie Allen McCray (1913-2008) uses poignant and personal verse…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586661/Keep-and-Give-Away
Poems of discovery and loss pull the magical from the mundane

Keep and Give Away was selected by Terrance Hayes as the inaugural winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize sponsored…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586643/Hold-Like-Owls
A collection of poems exploring memories and identity forged in the American South

Selected by 2011 National Book Award winner Nikky Finney as the seventh annual winner of the South Car…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586621/Among-the-Nightmare-Fighters
A bold reexamination of the literary and historical merits of American contributions to World War II poetry

In the first comprehensive study of the American male poets of World War II,…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586632/Excavations
Poems unearthing the strata of human conflict and hope buried across time and place

Selected by Rigoberto Gonzales as the winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Excavations: A…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586716/Poems
William Gilmore Simms collected a large swath of his previously published poetry into a single, two-volume collection. Poems thus contains a broad selection of the author's verse works, both t…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800