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Is There Such a Thing as a 'Southern' Memoir?

Charleston City Paper | February 27, 2008

There are as many ways of writing a book as there are literary tastes, and as the definition of southern culture evolves with the changing times, so does its literature. But is there within the current memoir craze an emerging southern voice?

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Hipster Homicide: Rayo Casablanca Explains What's Killing Him About The Scenenew

Set in Williamsburg, Hipsters takes off at breakneck speed with a snarl of characters and lifestyles. "I can't tell you how many times people have told me that they really liked reading about hipsters getting whacked," Casablanca says.

Charleston City Paper | Alli Marshall | 07-02-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

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5 South Carolina Authors You Wish You’d Heard Ofnew

South Carolina earns its bad press from time to time, but we have at least one reason to hold our heads up: Our literary pedigree ain't half bad.

Charleston City Paper | Paul Bowers | 03-07-2014 | Books

Craigslist Poetry: Pirate Fairies and Churchgoersnew

The following are actual entries from the Missed Connections section of Charleston Craigslist, divided into lines and stanzas and presented without embellishment. You just can’t make this stuff up.

Charleston City Paper | Paul Bowers | 12-18-2012 | Poetry

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Journalist Florence Williams is enthralled by Breasts.

Charleston City Paper | Susan Cohen | 10-31-2012 | Author Profiles & Interviews

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Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer wins convertsnew

Looking at author Jonathan Safran Foer's body of work, one is struck by how heavy his topics of choice are. His first novel, Everything is Illuminated, was set in the charred landscape of a Holocaust-terrorized Jewish village. His second, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, deals with a boy who lost his father on 9/11.

Charleston City Paper | Elizabeth Pandolfi | 10-17-2012 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Arcadia's Latest Book Offers an Illustrated Look at the Start of the Civil Warnew

One of the more colorful and historically specific releases of their Images of America series, Arcadia Publishing's latest Charleston-based book The First Shot is an impressive, military-themed history lesson and collection of images.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 04-12-2011 | Nonfiction

Tags: history, Arcadia Publishing, Robert N. Rosen and Richard W. Hatcher III, The First Shot

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