uscpress.com - South Carolina Poetry Book Prize https://uscpress.com/ Signals https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597801/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 How God Ends Us https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597843/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 Green Revolver https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597881/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 Excavations https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597945/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 Hold Like Owls https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597956/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 Driving through the Country before You Are Born https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597963/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 Keep and Give Away https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597974/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 Seven Strong https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597996/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800