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The history and future of the unique partnership between the City of Columbia and the University of South Carolina

State universities are more than just places of higher learning, more…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209588/The-Papers-of-Howard-Washington-Thurman-Volume-5
The twentieth-century writings of a pioneering voice for social justice

The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a five-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning t…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209620/Understanding-Alice-McDermott
Alice McDermott—winner of the National Book Award, American Book Award, and Whiting Award, and three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—recently published her eighth novel, The Ninth Hour, t…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209580/Southern-Women-in-the-Progressive-Era
Riveting, revealing stories from women of all walks of southern life taking on the challenges of the Progressive Era

From the 1890s to the end of World War I, the reformers who called t…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209644/Howard-Thurman
Although he is best known as a mentor to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was an exceptional philosopher and public intellectual in his own right. In Howard Thu…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209811/Heaven-Is-a-Beautiful-Place-second-edition
Born in 1928 in the small coastal town of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Genevieve "Sister" Peterkin grew up with World War II bombing practice in her front yard, deep-sea fishing expeditions…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209572/Kenneth-Burkes-Permanence-and-Change
A guide to and analysis of a seminal books key concepts and methodology

Since its publication in 1935, Kenneth Burke's Permanence and Change, a text that can serve as an introduction to…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209612/Decorations-in-a-Ruined-Cemetery
A luminous and heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret

John Gregory Brown's debut novel examines family, race, and faith in a heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209628/Understanding-Stewart-ONan
This first book-length study of Stewart O'Nan's work offers a comprehensive introduction to his writings and carefully examines recurring thematic concerns and stylistic characteristics of his…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4209636/Like-Wildfire
The sit-ins of the American civil rights movement were extraordinary acts of dissent in an age marked by protest. By sitting in at "whites only" lunch counters, libraries, beaches, swimming po…]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:06:05 -0700