uscpress.com - South Carolina Poetry Book Prize https://uscpress.com/ Signals https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534148/Signals
Meditations on personal and cultural memory, race, and sexuality in the New South

Selected by Afaa Weaver as the third annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Signals is…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 How God Ends Us https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534190/How-God-Ends-Us
Poetic conversations with a God whose omnipotence brings both peace and uncertainty

DéLana R. A. Dameron searches for answers to spiritual quandaries in her first collection of poems, H…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 Green Revolver https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534228/Green-Revolver
Imaginative verses rending the radical from the drudgery of corporate cubicles and army bases and from the banality of modern existence.

Selected by David Baker, Green Revolver is the f…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 Excavations https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534292/Excavations
Selected by Rigoberto Gonzales as the winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Excavations: A City Cycle is the first collection of poetry from Jennifer R. Pournelle. Set in different c…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 Hold Like Owls https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534303/Hold-Like-Owls
Selected by 2011 National Book Award winner Nikky Finney as the seventh annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Hold Like Owls is the first book-length collection from Julia Koe…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 Driving through the Country before You Are Born https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534310/Driving-through-the-Country-before-You-Are-Born
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, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 Keep and Give Away https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534322/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, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 Seven Strong https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534344/Seven-Strong
A collaboration between the South Carolina Poetry Initiative and the University of South Carolina Press, the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize is a celebration of accomplished and emerging poet…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700