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SUMMARY:January 2025 Virtual Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be as a virtual event\, live-streamed to our Facebook page\, on Thursday\, January 9\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured presenter is Niles Reddick\, award-winning short story writer and author of Who’s Going to Pray for Me Now? Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, January 9\, 2025 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Virtual – Facebook \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our author:\nNiles Reddick is author of a novel\, four short fiction collections\, and two novellas. His work has appeared in over five hundred publications including The Saturday Evening Post\, New Reader Magazine\, Cheap Pop\, Flash Fiction Magazine\, Citron Review\, Hong Kong Review\, and Vestal Review. \n“Even though we don’t know when it’s going to happen\, be damn sure\, if it’s going epic than we need a 1965 Skylark\, fast and focused with a smooth and graceful landing\, to help blast the transition! Reddick presses fiction into the ultimate excursion. DEATH! Who’s Going To Pray For Me Now is a mesmerizing collection: flammable and saturating tales of those final moments when we become feverish weeds whacked into oblivion. These narrative adventures are palpable and inescapable. LOVE! GET A COPY”–Meg Tuite\, author of White Van and an editor at Bending Genres \n“The stories in Niles Reddick’s Who’s Going to Pray for Me Now? show us what it means to be in the know\, whether it’s the inside of a 1965 Skylark or the way to handle snakes in a county church. But there’s also a lot of heart here\, the little hurts and reconciliations of coupledom in a world where two equals more than one plus one. The best flash fiction keeps opening outward after you’ve read it. Reddick’s stories do that and more.”—David Galef\, author of My Date with Neanderthal Woman and editor of Vestal Review \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/january-2025-virtual-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Andrew K. Clark\, author of Where Dark Things Grow\, in conversation with Dana Ridenour
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, December 13\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with debut novelist Andrew K. Clark\, author of Where Dark Things Grow\, in conversation with Dana Ridenour\, author of the Lexie Montgomery Series\, on Friday\, December 13\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited: please reserve in advance to attend this free author event: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Where Dark Things Grow\nFifteen-year-old Leo is watching the world crumble. His father is missing\, and his mother is slipping into madness as she cares for Leo\, his sick sister Goldfish\, and two useless brothers. Relatives are no help\, and the church folk have turned their backs in the middle of the Great Depression. \nWhen he discovers an enchanted wulver from ancient folklore that will do his bidding\, he decides to settle old scores. Revenge is sweet\, but Leo soon learns he can’t control what he’s unleashed. It takes his spitfire best friend Lilyfax to help Leo overcome his anger and try to escape the wulver’s evil. As they search for his father\, Leo\, Lilyfax\, and friends are pursued by dark forces and pulled into a rescue effort to find and save trafficked girls rumored to have been taken by the mysterious Blue Man. \nFeaturing elements of horror\, folklore\, and magical realism\, Where Dark Things Grow is a dark bildungsroman set squarely in the place and culture of the 1930s Southern Appalachian Mountains. \n“As haunting as all fireside stories should be. Where Dark Things Grow will make you sleep with the lights on.”—Jason Mott\, winner of the National Book Award\, and author of Hell of a Book \n“Andrew K. Clark’s Where Dark Things Grow\, is a page-turning epic of gothic adventure\, full of wildly imagined creatures and black magic\, propulsive\, deeply felt\, and wonderful. A marvel of a book.”—Tessa Fontaine\, author of The Red Grove and The Electric Woman \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAndrew K. Clark is a writer from Alexander\, North Carolina\, outside of Asheville where he now resides. His first full-length collection of poetry\, Jesus in the Trailer\, was short-listed for the Able Muse Book Award. \nHis work has appeared or is forthcoming in UCLA’s Out of Anonymity\, Coffin Bell Journal\, The Journal of American Poetry\, Appalachian Review\, Rappahannock Review\, fall/lines\, The Wrath Bearing Tree and many others. Clark earned his a B.A. in English and M.B.A. from Georgia Southern University\, and an M.F.A. from Converse College. \nWhere Dark Things Grow is his debut novel. \nABOUT THE INTERVIEWER\nDana Ridenour is the award-winning author of the Lexie Montgomery FBI Series: Behind the Mask\, Beyond the Cabin\, and Below the Radar. Ridenour is a retired FBI special agent who spent most of her career as an undercover operative. She now lives and writes in the South Carolina lowcountry. \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-andrew-k-clark-author-of-where-dark-things-grow-in-conversation-with-bren-mcclain/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:December 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, December 12\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured presenters are children’s author Nancy E. Merrill and artist Colleen Sgroi\, creators of the new holiday book\, Elf Dust. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, December 12\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured presenters:\nNancy E. Merrill is a mom of two children who were born in Hong Kong where she lived and worked for many years. Living there was an important element in the creation of Elf Dust. Highrise apartment life meant there were no chimneys and Santa wasn’t going to land on the roof. Something had to be found to ignite imagination and magic for her kids. Elf Dust did not disappoint. Today\, Nancy lives in South Carolina after a consulting career around writing\, communications\, and creativity. She is delighted to offer Elf Dust to all who celebrate Christmas and the magic of imagination. \n  \nColleen Sgroi dreamed of being an artist since she was a young girl. Her work is available worldwide on puzzles\, calendars\, prints\, and greeting cards\, and her art has been included in films by major motion picture companies. Her illustrations in children’s books have earned her a Moonbeam Best Illustrator Award\, Feathered Quill Book Award\, Mom’s Choice Awards\, and IBS International Book Awards. She lives and creates in Massachusetts. \n  \n“A new addition to our Christmas library. Children will fall in love with the elves and Elf Dust. The illustrations bring you back to your childhood. Absolutely beautiful. This book will be your go to picture book this holiday season. Can’t wait to use this with my class.”–Heidi Lane\, author and educator \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/december-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with William “Billy” Douglas\, author of Hope Is All I Have
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 4\, 2024 – 6:00-7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with memoirist and cancer survivor William “Billy” Douglas\, author of Hope Is All I Have\, on Wednesday\, December 4\, at 6:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Hope Is All I Have\nThe three most shocking words you will ever encounter in your lifetime are: You Have Cancer! Once you hear those words\, your life will be forever changed. For William Douglas\, instead of being at the end of his lifetime in dealing with cancer\, it was actually the beginning of a new path unlike any he had ever traveled. How did he prevail through a Stage Four cancer diagnosis and come out for the better? \nHis memoir\, Hope Is All I Have\, champions the inspiration to live\, no matter the circumstances. It is a story of faith\, hope\, love\, friendship\, medicine and how to navigate through many unknown challenges while entrenched in the battle of your life. If you\, a family member\, friend\, loved one\, or just an acquaintance has ever been faced with cancer\, this memoir will give you an insightful story of their enduring battle. An inviting read about a most difficult subject\, Hope Is All I Have is an inspirational story of true perseverance and survival. \n“Defying all odds after a shocking death experience in surgery\, Billy Douglas did more than survive: he lived and he continues to live and to share his inspirational story with other cancer patients\, their loved ones\, and healthcare professionals. This is a compelling book of faith–in both the spiritual and humanistic senses of that word–in which\, as Billy says\, PAP: Positive Attitude Prevails. Hope Is All I Have is as engaging as it is empowering.”—Jonathan Haupt\, executive director\, Pat Conroy Literary Center \n“As a Medical Oncologist\, I am exposed to the effects of cancer almost every day. Despite the obvious suffering that can accompany a cancer diagnosis\, there are also moments of great hope and inspiration. Billy’s story is one of these examples of stealing light from potential darkness. I often feel like my career in cancer medicine allows me to understand to some extent what our patients are going through as they receive and tackle a cancer diagnosis. Stories like this one make me realize that I don’t know the half of it. Billy’s descriptions of the events he experienced help open my eyes to all of the aspects of a cancer journey that I would never even imagine having not walked in the shoes of someone dealing with the struggle first-hand. I hope that his story will serve as inspiration to patients facing cancer themselves\, as well as those working to help find better therapies.”–Todd Gourdin\, Medical Oncologist\, Medical University of South Carolina \nAbout the Author \nWilliam “Billy” Douglas had a successful fifty-year career in sales and marketing in the marine industry. As a product of the South\, he enjoys writing and any kind of water activity. \nHe lives on Hilton Head Island with his wife Linda and their standard poodle Gianni. Douglas is the founder of the Terminate Cancer Foundation. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-william-billy-douglas-author-of-hope-is-all-i-have/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Nancy Murray\, author of No Experience Necessary
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 15\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with memoirist Nancy Murray\, author of No Experience Necessary\, on Friday\, November 15\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout No Experience Necessary\nIn No Experience Necessary\, Nancy Murray shares the insights\, pitfalls\, and strategies that she gleaned along her journey toward meaningful employment. Her stories prove that even so-called nowhere jobs can be crucial steps to not only establishing a career\, but to discovering ourselves. \nNancy’s workplace tales span a colorful spectrum\, from selling speakers from a seedy van to driving a posh limo; from performing as a professional clown to financial advisor. With each job she profited in ways beyond a traditional paycheck. \nSome might consider this a cautionary tale\, but it’s also a field guide for anyone preparing to fill out their first job application\, not to mention a humorous flashback for those who recall the trials and tribulations of the workplace all too well. \n“Through the many jobs—both ordinary and extraordinary— in this memoir of working\, Nancy Murray shows not only how willing she is to take a chance and fail\, but to grow from those failures with her trademark blend of humor and humility. What really stands out\, however\, is her prose—like a long lunch with a good friend\, there is never a dull moment.”—Jen Michalski\, author of The Company of Strangers \n“No Experience Necessary is an extraordinary account of what it means to work. In vivid and engaging prose\, the book illuminates the struggles and triumphs of insisting on a creative life. A tightly-focused and engaging memoir\, this is an amazing read!” —Kathy Flann\,award-winning author of Smoky Ordinary and Write On: Secrets to Crafting Better Stories \nAbout the Author \nNancy Murray is a poet\, playwright\, and storyteller. Her first memoir\, One Child for Another\, was published by 11th Hour Press\, and was recognized by Baltimore Magazine as one of the Ten Best Reads in 2015. Her storytelling was showcased by the Women of the World Festival in Baltimore\, Maryland. \nNancy’s plays and poetry have been produced and published in various venues and presses including\, Ireland’s HCE Review\, The Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society\, and in multiple anthologies. Her most recent publication\, a poetry collection called The Colors of Fear\, was published by Cyberwit Press. She teaches compositional writing at the Community College of Baltimore County and hosts a series of poetry workshops at the Arts Lab of South County\, Maryland. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-nancy-murray-author-of-no-experience-necessary/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:November 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held virtually on Thursday\, November 14\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Mamie Morgan\, author of Everyone I’ve Danced with Is Dead. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, November 14\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nMamie Morgan received an MFA from UNC Wilmington and a BA in English and Religious Studies from Wofford. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous literary journals\, including Washington Square Review\, the Oxford American\, Fish Barrel Review\, Nimrod\, Muzzle\, Four Way Review\, Yemassee\, Carolina Quarterly\, Inkwell\, and the Greensboro Review. She lives in the woods with her husband and their two pit bulls\, Henrietta Modine and Wednesday Stewart. \n  \nAbout Everyone I’ve Danced with Is Dead \n“Reading these poems is like sitting down with a friend for a conversation-the kind of friend you trust to tell all of the truth\, but with mercy. These whip-smart poems don’t flinch\, even at the hardest truths about what it means to be human-to love and to lose\, to damage and be damaged\, to live through moments ‘where the quake originates\,’ that make you cling to ‘every word that had ever made me want to stay alive.’ These poems have an electric power\, one strong enough to change lives. Morgan faces devastation with such an open grace and generosity that a reader can’t help but feel there’s one truth more real than any other: that even in the moments that shake us to the core\, there is always hope.”–Emma Bolden \n“The central organ pumping blood through these poems is wonderment. Morgan’s particular brand of wonder knows no hierarchies: love\, betrayal\, fallings out\, quotidian\, joy\, jail\, sex\, school\, the body\, war\, race\, politics\, and that old tricker Death all crowd around the same table. This book pulls you forward and shows you the world as it is–a mess worth celebrating\, recoiling from\, enduring\, and embracing. These poems are built of risk and witness–importantly\, they have the language and daring to match. This is one helluva barn burner.”–Michael McGriff \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/november-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with photographer and writer Pete Candler\, author of A Deeper South
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled for early 2025.\nThursday\, October 24\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with photographer and writer Pete Candler\, author of A Deeper South\, on Thursday\, October 24\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call in advance to reserve a seat for this free event: 843-379-7025. \nAbout A Deeper South\nIn A Deeper South: The Beauty\, Mystery\, and Sorrow of the Southern Road\, Pete Candler offers a travel narrative drawn from twenty-five years of road-tripping through the backroads of the American South. Featuring Candler’s own photography\, the book taps into the public imagination and the process of both remembering and forgetting that define our collective memory of place. Candler\, who belongs to one of Georgia’s most recognizable families\, confronts the uncomfortable truths of his own ancestors’ roles in the South’s legacy of white supremacy with a masterful mix of authority and a humbling sense that his own journey of unforgetting and recovering has only just begun. \n“A beautifully crafted journey through the past and current South that will interest Southerners and readers curious about the region and its history.”―Library Journal \n“A righteous plumbing of suppressed family histories\, a vigorous exorcism of the myths and willful ignorance that trouble the land of his birth\, A Deeper South blazes a path through the nostalgia thicket for readers who want to make sense of their inheritances. Candler writes with indignation and empathy\, showing us a better way to see the South so that we can better love any place we call home.”―John T. Edge\, author of The Potlikker Papers and host of TrueSouth \n“Part history\, part memoir\, and part self-discovery\, Candler calls on us to face the demons of our past so that we can truly appreciate the region we call home.”―Karen L. Cox\, author of Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture \nAbout the Author \nBorn and raised in Atlanta\, Georgia\, Pete Candler is a writer\, photographer\, and filmmaker whose work has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books\, Bitter Southerner\, Washington Post\, and elsewhere. He lives in Asheville\, North Carolina. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-photographer-and-writer-pete-candler-author-of-a-deeper-south/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:October 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, October 10\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is Columbia City Poet Laureate Jennifer Bartell Boykin\, author of Only Believe\, selected for the 2023 Hilary Tham Capital Collection. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, October 10\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St. Beaufort\, SC) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nPoet Laureate of Columbia\, South Carolina\, and a 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow\, Jennifer Bartell Boykin is the author of the poetry collections Traveling Mercy and Only Believe. Her poetry has also appeared in Obsidian\, Callaloo\, the Raleigh Review\, kinfolks: a journal of black expression\, the museum of americana: a literary review\, and Scalawag. \nBartell Boykin is the recipient of fellowships from Callaloo and The Watering Hole. A school librarian at Muller Road Middle School in Blythewood\, SC\, she previously taught creative writing and English at Spring Valley High School in Columbia\, SC\, where she was also named the 2019–20 Teacher of the Year. She has been recognized as an American Library Association Spectrum Scholar and an Augusta Baker Scholar at the University of South Carolina’s School of Information Science\, where she earned her master of library and information science degree. Bartell Boykin was born and raised in Bluefield\, a Black community in Johnsonville\, South Carolina. \nAbout Only Believe\n“Bartell’s Only Believe carefully treads through remembering childhood assault confounded with good memories that some would struggle to keep\, including memories that elders lose if we’re not quick enough to catch them. These poems are part oral history and part affirmation\, but this collection complicates faith and walks readers closer to truth\, healing\, and forgiveness and standing tall in a grandmother’s house.”–Tara Betts\, author of Refuse to Disappear and Break the Habit \n“There are two stories in Only Believe–the story of a girl who doesn’t know how or when to tell what happened to her\, and the story of her grandma\, whose house is a place of both refuge and danger\, whose decline into Alzheimer’s is a counterpoint to the speaker’s own struggles with memory. Memory\, as Jennifer Bartell reminds us\, is neither window nor mirror nor veil\, but all at the same time. Religion promises answers—’My Black Jesus can do anything’–but tricks her into blame and shame instead. Something happened to that girl and she knows that ‘it’s time to speak / it’s time to heal.’ The only way to do that is by telling both stories\, that of the girl struggling to speak\, and that of the grandmother\, whose life reminds her that ‘God is a woman / on a big black Singer / sewing machine\, whose quilts became her tablets\, whose needle becomes her pen.’–Ed Madden\, author of A Pooka in Arkansas and Ark \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/october-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with novelist Roger Jones\, author of The Final Victory
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 19\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Roger Jones\, author of The Final Victory\, on Thursday\, September 19\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout The Final Victory\nIn a novel that fuses the riveting action of The Boys in the Boat with the emotional heft of The Fault in Our Stars\, twenty men and women with cancer-ridden bodies compete in a grueling race only to discover that real victory is achieved within. \nAfter he is diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer\, Tripp Avery feels like all is lost. He finds himself coaching a team of twelve men and eight women with cancer diagnoses of their own\, hoping to qualify for the Mixed Masters Dragon Boat national championship and defy their prognoses. If they win\, they will represent the United States at the International Dragon Boat races in Hong Kong. \nBut things soon get complicated\, as four of his teammates struggle against their physical limitations and the psychological weight of their conditions. In the summer heat of Chattanooga\, their resolve grows thin—along with Tripp’s patience. After a devastating loss to the defending national champions\, Tripp can only see the finish line\, and he pushes the team even harder. Soon\, the team starts to fall apart.\nAs members of the team collapse under the pressure and one is hospitalized\, he must confront his own failings and find a way to move forward. He begins to question his motives\, wondering if the win is worth the trauma and what that says about him. Despite the odds\, he resolves to rally the team toward a comeback that seems impossible\, if only for one final victory. \n“What is courage? In this notable debut\, Roger Jones explores the strength\, resilience\, compassion\, and willpower of a band of athletes who define courage and triumph over unspeakable odds. These twenty men and women overcome cancer to not merely win a national championship but to survive. I laughed. I cried. I was inspired. The Final Victory is an uplifting novel we all need to read.”—Mary Alice Monroe\, New York Times bestselling author \n“An inspiring and stirring tale of courage\, The Final Victory is inspired by the true story of a group of athletes who face life-threatening illnesses and are bonded together by their indomitable will to win. Jones gives us a novel that is equal parts laugh out loud funny\, moving\, and uplifting. You will love it!”—Patti Callahan Henry\, New York Times bestselling author \n“The Final Victory brilliantly demonstrates that women recovering from breast cancer can lead full and active lives — paddle for sure\, but also pick up and hug their grandchildren. Dragon boating challenges the limits of human performance\, especially for those with more than their share of hurdles to clear. That’s the magic that Roger Jones captures\, and that’s why The Final Victory is a great book.”—Dr. Don McKenzie\, Founder of the original Breast Cancer Dragon Boat team \nAbout the Author \nRoger Jones\, businessman\, philanthropist\, humanitarian and avid athlete has founded numerous business and community organizations. In 1996\, he started Companion Associates\, Inc.\, one of South Carolina’s largest privately held real estate development firms. Companion Associates was distinguished as one of South Carolina’s fastest growing companies by The South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce in 2006. Jones has helped establish and launch a number of non-profit organizations including Reading Partners of South Carolina\, Charleston Social Venture Partners\, and The Charleston Paddle Club. \nDuring a 2012 trip to East Germany to receive a newly developed intensive radiation treatment for Neuroendocrine Cancer\, Jones decided to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a writer. The Final Victory is his first novel. He has had articles and short stories published in several local publications as well as The Writers Digest. Married for forty-seven years\, he is the proud father of three children and grandfather of three grandchildren. His life’s greatest lesson is quoted by The Final Victory’s protagonist Tripp Avery\, “Forgiveness is the foundation of every miracle.” \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-novelist-roger-jones-author-of-the-final-victory/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:September 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, September 12\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is Deirdre Garr Johns\, author of the forthcoming children’s picture book Weathering the Storm and the forthcoming poetry chapbook Fallen Love. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, September 12\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St. Beaufort\, SC) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nDeirdre Garr Johns writes poetry\, nonfiction\, and children’s fiction. Her work is often inspired by the beauty of nature and the memories of people and places. Deirdre hopes to inspire others and create a sense of connectedness to the world around us. Deirdre’s poetry has appeared in Sylvia Magazine\, South Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology\, Eunoia Magazine\, Nymeria Magazine\, Silver Birch Press\, Stone Poetry Quarterly\, Pink Magazine\, and more. Her nonfiction has appeared in Sasee Magazine. \nFallen Love (Finishing Line Press)\, her first chapbook collection\, will be available for pre-sales this fall and published in January 2025. Her children’s book\, Weathering the Storm\, will be published later this fall. She currently resides in South Carolina with her family\, but Pennsylvania will always be home. She enjoyed a teaching career for eighteen years. Learn more at www.amuseofonesown.com \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/september-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T183000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 10\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise\, author of the newly published novel Raptors in the Ricelands\, on Tuesday\, September 10\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Raptors in the Ricelands\nIn the twenty-first century fictional community of Georgetown\, South Carolina\, a story unfolds revealing family secrets and conflicts that challenge cultural beliefs. With bighearted intention\, newlyweds Florence and Chadwick Wineglass attempt to promote economic legacy\, but their unconscious motives often ensnare those they assist. The Wineglasses become raptor-like in their generosity at a moment when other community members’ intentions also prove to be menacing. \nConveyed in four acts and with chapter names that follow the production stages of Carolina Gold Rice\, Raptors in the Ricelands spans the future\, the present\, and the past\, and fosters a message of connection with African diasporic communities around the globe. \nHistorical accounts include the Orangeburg Massacre; Black church life\, particularly in Oconee County as begun during slavery; the launch of White supremacy in Fort Mill; the Reconstruction Era; and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. \n“Ron Daise is an American griot. In this novel\, Daise welcomes us into his village and\, with his words\, feeds our imagination and spirit. His voice connects our past with the present and helps us to get a glimpse of what our future might look like. This modern-day Gullah tale reflects the experiences of many Americas; in fact\, it creates a bridge from the Lowcountry of South Carolina to the world.”–Alison Mc Letchie\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Social Sciences\, South Carolina State University \n“The many characters in this fictional story seem familiar and fully realized as Daise expertly shows the reader the connectivity between their lives\, their Gullah culture\, and the valuable “Carolina Gold” rice. Equally important in this book are the teachings of Marcus Garvey Jr.\, and the reminder that all that humanity can only move forward when we unselfishly commit to helping those most in need.’–Eric Crawford\, author of Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands \nAbout the Author \nRon Daise\, a son of St. Helena Island\, SC\, is an author\, performer\, educator\, and cultural interpreter. His books\, productions\, and recordings have documented and shaped Gullah Geechee heritage since 1986. \nCo-star of “Gullah Gullah Island\,” Nick Jr. TV’s award-winning children’s program of the 1990s\, Ron also is a former chairman of the federal Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission\, and is featured in exhibits at the International African American Museum\, Charleston\, SC; the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture\, Washington\, DC; and Brookgreen Gardens\, Murrells Inlet\, SC. \nWhen not writing and performing\, Ron is a baker and owner of Mr. Ron’s Gullahlicious Pound Cakes. A graduate of Hampton Institute (now Hampton University)\, Ron and his wife Natalie reside in Georgetown\, SC\, and are parents of two adult children. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-lowcountry-legend-ron-daise/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with novelist Zackary Vernon\, author of Our Bodies Electric
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 23\, 2024 – 5:30-7:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Zackary Vernon\, author of Our Bodies Electric\, on Friday\, August 23\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Our Bodies Electric\nTormented by his religious family and the broader conservative community of Pawley’s Island\, South Carolina\, fourteen-year-old Josh struggles with the pressure to conform to their puritanical standards. As he embarks upon his high school years\, Josh meets a supportive cast of eccentric small-town characters\, falls in love with his classmate\, becomes obsessed with David Bowie\, and fumbles in his attempts to make his own thongs. But it’s when his elderly neighbor gives him a copy of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” that he begins to understand his own sexuality. Our Bodies Electric is a coming-of-age story that celebrates the exuberance of youth\, the individual quest for sexual identity\, and the joy of finding connections in the most unexpected of places. \n“In this spirited coming-of-age novel\, Zack Vernon vividly renders Josh and his fellow middle-school misfits as they seek understanding and acceptance in a world that wishes only to trap them into a stifling conformity. Our Bodies Electric is poignant and comic\, and Vernon’s linking Walt Whitman’s celebration of indi-viduality to the characters adds to the novel’s pleasures.”—Ron Rash\, author of The Caretaker\, Serena\, and In the Valley \n“I haven’t heard music so sweet and heartfelt since I first read Lewis Nordan. Imagine a novel that sings like a love-drunk cross between The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Breakfast Club. Now imagine it set in the sweltering heat of lowcountry South Carolina. Now imagine it told in the spirit of Walt Whitman. Now imagine that book in your hands.”—Mark Powell\, Hurricane Season and The Late Rebellion \nAbout the Author \nZackary Vernon is a writer and scholar based in Boone\, North Carolina. His work has appeared in a range of magazines and journals\, including The Bitter Southerner\, Carolina Quarterly\, and Southern Cultures\, and he received the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize from the North Carolina Literary Review. \nHe is currently an Associate Professor of English at Appalachian State University. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-novelist-zackary-vernon-author-of-our-bodies-electric/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:August 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held virtually on Thursday\, August 8\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Jessica Goody\, author of Phoenix: Transformation Poems. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, August 8\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nJessica Goody is the award-winning author of Defense Mechanisms (Phosphene Publishing\, 2016) and Phoenix: Transformation Poems (CW Books\, 2019). Her writing has appeared in over one hundred publications\, including The Wallace Stevens Journal\, Reader’s Digest\, Phantom Drift\, The High Window\, Bird’s Thumb\, The Centrifugal Eye\, Really System\, Along Southern Roads\, Event Horizon\, The Dime Show Review\, Chicken Soup for the Soul\, The Seventh Wave\, Third Wednesday\, The MacGuffin\, Harbinger Asylum\, and The Maine Review. \nDefense Mechanisms was chosen as a “Power Read” by Hilton Head Monthly\, a Book of the Month by The Creativity Webzine\, and received an Honorable Mention for the 2020 North Street Book Prize. Jessica facilitated poetry slams and taught writing courses for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at USCB. She contributed poetry to the stage productions Womanhood and A Voyage of Poetic Discovery for the Sun City Community Theatre and CoronaVox: Stories from the Front for the Phamaly Theatre Company. \nA freelance journalist\, she has been a contributing writer for Hilton Head Monthly\, The Bluffton Sun\, SunSations\, Local Life and Bluffton Today. Jessica is the winner of the 2016 Magnets and Ladders Poetry Prize. Her poem “Beachcombing” was recently added to the Hilton Head Poetry Trail. \n“Phoenix: Transformation Poems is a rich triumph and marks its author\, once again\, as an artist whose work should be followed closely by those interested in the forces shaping the future of American poetry.”–Harvey Trabb\, author of September 19 \n“This is strong poetic work.”—Bill Newby\, author of Passing Through \n“Jessica Goody excels in description\, pulling in readers with her use of words to capture the senses.”–Harvee Lau\, Book Dilettante \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/august-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T183000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with novelist Martha B. Boone\, author of Mother Charity
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 25\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with retired surgeon turned novelist Martha B. Boone\, author of Mother Charity\, in conversation with retired FBI Special Agent turned novelist Dana Ridenour\, author of the Lexie Montgomery Series\, on Thursday\, July 25\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nBooks will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited: please reserve in advance to attend this free author event: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Mother Charity\nEvolving from a naive girl to a competent female surgeon\, Elizabeth has survived the first round of surgery training. What happens next will change her or the hospital forever. After barely surviving her first six months as a trauma intern at Charity Hospital\, Dr. Elizabeth Roberts is exhausted from the long hours\, senseless violence\, and breakneck pace. Despite the tough experience\, she has grown to love New Orleans-its food\, culture\, music\, and people. But now she must endure the hardest rotation in the hospital\, led by her nemesis… who doesn’t think Elizabeth even belongs in the world of surgery. \nNavigating the brutal and exhilarating world of trauma surgery\, she wants to do her duty\, but has bitten off more than she can chew. It’s great training for a surgeon\, but the emotional toll on a previously sweet\, young southern lady may be too much to bear. Once the young doctor discovers what she has to give up to overcome her challenges\, the question arises: will she continue to pursue her dream? If so\, at what cost? \nThis sequel to Martha Boone’s novel The Big Free continues the gripping story of an intern in surgery and all the trials and tribulations that come with it\, from devastating horror to ribald dark humor. \nAbout the Author \nMartha B. Boone\, M.D. was a surgery resident and urology resident at Tulane and trained at Charity Hospital in New Orleans from 1985- 1991. She is one of the first one hundred women board certified in Urology in the United States. Boone retired from the practice of urology after 35 years to travel and write. \nShe was challenged by her mentor Dr. Norman McSwain to memorialize the great Charity Hospital in her novels. Mother Charity is her third book and the sequel to The Big Free. She is also the author of the nonfiction book\, The Unfettered Urologist. \n  \nAbout the Interviewer \nDana Ridenour is the award-winning author of the Lexie Montgomery FBI Series: Behind the Mask\, Beyond the Cabin\, and Below the Radar. Ridenour is a retired FBI special agent who spent most of her career as an undercover operative. She now lives and writes in the South Carolina lowcountry. \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-novelist-martha-b-boone-author-of-mother-charity/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T170000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Jo Angela Edwins\, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 13\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Jo Angela Edwins\, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee and author of A Dangerous Heaven\, on Saturday\, July 13\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nEdwins will also lead a poetry writing workshop earlier that afternoon\, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. \nAbout A Dangerous Heaven\nA Dangerous Heaven creates personal and political conversations that resound through both the sacred and the secular worlds. Jo Angela Edwins has spent the past many years excavating those personal relationships which shape and haunt us. She turns the same observant eye on events happening around the word. From “The Last Wild Elephant Alive” to “Death\, A Rock Icon\, and Sewage Pipes” Edwins is able to draw the reader into seeing events from her own unique perspective. \n“In A Dangerous Heaven\, Jo Angela Edwins walks us through a multi-layered grief process for accumulated wrongs and losses: historical\, biblical\, global\, national\, and personal. “It is your responsibility to grieve\,” one poem says\, and this is not a command\, but an acknowledgement. These poems don’t look away from wounds\, especially those of women\, and they don’t turn elsewhere for comfort\, yet they leave me feeling seen and comforted. Everyone needs to read this book.”–Katie Manning\, author of Tasty Other \n“An intimate volume with cosmic reach\, witty and compassionate\, A Dangerous Heaven transports us through a wide range of emotions\, carries us to lofty and surprising places which might be dangerous if we didn’t have Jo Angela Edwins’s sure hand to catch us\, to place our feet firmly on home soil. Crafted to honor insight and emotion\, these daring poems will keep us company over time\, like trusted friends.”–Marilyn Kallet\, author of Even When We Sleep \nAbout the Author\nJo Angela Edwins has published poems in over 100 journals and anthologies\, including Calyx\, descant\, The Hollins Critic\, and New South. She is the author of the collection A Dangerous Heaven (Gnashing Teeth Publishing\, 2023) and the chapbooks Bitten (forthcoming from dancing girl press\, 2024) and Play (Finishing Line Press\, 2016). \nShe has received awards from Winning Writers\, Poetry Super Highway\, and the SC Academy of Authors and is a Pushcart Prize\, Forward Prize\, Best of the Net\, and Bettering American Poetry nominee. A native of North Augusta\, she now lives in Florence\, where she teaches at Francis Marion University and serves as the first poet laureate of the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-jo-angela-edwins-poet-laureate-of-the-pee-dee/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:July 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, July 11\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is novelist Rebecca Thompson\, winner of the Ann Head Literary Prize and author of the duology The Girl of the Tree and Seeking the Truth. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, July 11\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.)  \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nRebecca Thompson started writing during the coronavirus pandemic\, determined to complete her first book. Not only has she successfully self-published one novel as a teen author\, but now two! \nThompson is the author of the novels The Girl of the Tree and its sequel Seeking the Truth. She is the 2024 winner of the Ann Head Literary Prize at Beaufort High School. She lives in the lowcountry of South Carolina with her mom\, dad\, brother\, two cats\, and fish. \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/july-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with McCracken King Poston Jr.\, author of Zenith Man
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 27\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with McCracken King Poston Jr.\, author of Zenith Man: Death\, Love\, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom\, on Thursday\, June 27\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing through the Beaufort Bookstore. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Zenith Man\nLike a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman\, Just Mercy\, and a captivating smalltown Southern setting\, this is the fascinating true story—sometimes humorous\, sometimes heartbreaking—of an idealistic young lawyer determined to free an innocent neurodivergent man accused of murdering the wife no one knew he had. \nIn October 1997\, the town of Ringgold in northwest Georgia was shaken by reports of a murder in its midst. A dead woman was found in Alvin Ridley’s house—and even more shockingly\, she was the wife no one knew he had. Was this small-town TV repair man “a harmless eccentric or a bizarre killer” (Atlanta Journal Constitution). For the first time\, Alvin Ridley’s own defense attorney reveals the inside story of his case and trial in an extraordinary tale of friendship and an idealistic young attorney’s quest to clear his client’s name—and\, in the process\, rebuild his own life. \nMcCracken Poston Jr. had been a state representative before he lost his bid for U.S. Congress and returned to his law career. Alvin Ridley was a local character who once sold and serviced Zenith televisions. Though reclusive and an outsider\, the “Zenith Man\,” as Poston knew him\, hardly seemed capable of murder. \nAlvin was a difficult client\, storing evidence in a cockroach-infested suitcase\, unwilling to reveal key facts to his defender. Gradually\, Poston pieced together the full story behind Virginia and Alvin’s curious marriage and her cause of death—which was completely overlooked by law enforcement. Calling on medical experts\, testimony from Alvin himself\, and a wealth of surprising evidence gleaned from Alvin’s junk-strewn house\, Poston presented a groundbreaking defense that allowed Alvin to return to his peculiar lifestyle\, a free man. \nYears after his trial\, Alvin was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder\, a revelation that sheds light on much of his lifelong personal battle—and shows how easily those who don’t fit societal norms can be castigated and misunderstood. Part true crime\, part courtroom drama\, and full of local color\, Zenith Man is also the moving story of an unexpected friendship between two very different men that changed—and perhaps saved—the lives of both. \n“A wild ride of love\, death\, and justice in small-town Georgia . . . McCracken Poston\, Jr shares intimate knowledge of a sensational case. This highly engaging read combines the best parts of hard-boiled true crime with a host of colorful characters\, a small-town Southern setting\, and Poston’s natural gift for gab. The results beg for an eight-part Netflix series.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution \n“Wildly entertaining… Zenith Man is a true crime book\, but the events described seems more like a John Grisham novel.” —Mystery Tribune \n“Poston is a good storyteller and has a good story to tell\, with the kinds of twists and turns that will make readers think it’s great fiction—except it all happened.” —Jon Meacham\, New York Times bestselling author\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize \nAbout the Author\nMcCracken King Poston\, Jr.\, is a criminal defense attorney and former state legislator in the Georgia House of Representatives. He gained national attention for his handling of several notable cases that were featured on CNN Presents\, Dateline NBC\, A&E’s American Justice\, and Forensic Files. He lives in Ringgold\, Georgia. www.mccrackenpostonjr.com \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-mccracken-king-poston-jr-author-of-zenith-man/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T180000
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SUMMARY:June 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held virtually on Thursday\, June 13\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is novelist Laura Mahaffey\, author of Subject to the Tide. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, June 13\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live  \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nLaura Mahaffey writes romance with a dash of suspense\, a hint of folklore\, and a splash of magical realism. She loves to explore the potential of the unseen. Coastal South Carolina is home to some of her fondest memories. She’s kayaked its marshes\, explored its cemeteries\, and fell in love with its beauty during the four years she lived among the mysteries brewing in the Spanish Moss. Now\, she lives in the Pacific Northwest with her two dogs\, a dignified miniature schnauzer and a sassy shitzu.www.dooglewrites.com \n“Subject to the Tide is a beguiling novel weaving hints of romance and dark mystery into a dreamy\, love letter to the shadow haunted\, South Carolina coast. Amanda and Hal make for an entertaining tandem whose story you won’t want to put down.”–Erick Mertz\, author of the Strange Air Series \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/june-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240523T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240523T183000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Mindy Friddle\, author of Her Best Self
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 23\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nIn partnership with NeverMore Books\, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning novelist Mindy Friddle\, author of Her Best Self\, in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt\, on Thursday\, May 23\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. Seating is limited: please reserve in advance to attend this free author event: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Her Best Self\nJanelle Wolf longs to be the woman she once was—an adored wife\, a loving mother\, a career woman\, a force in her community—before a mysterious car accident stole her memories\, ruined her reputation\, and upended her life. These days\, her troubled family needs that capable woman from the past\, the one she calls “Janelle Before.” \nEnter Lana\, an alluring and magnetic psychic healer who meets secretly with Janelle. Lana coaxes Janelle to remember the circumstances of her accident in order to recover Janelle’ s “best self.” Instead\, Janelle uncovers the ugly truth behind that night. The revelations unravel Janelle’ s marriage\, disrupt her family\, and turn her small southern town upside down. Written with wry humor\, this diabolically entertaining tale of deception\, temptation\, and love is filled with dark twists\, exploring what happens when the transgressions of the past come back with a vengeance. \n“Fast paced\, clever\, and wickedly compelling.”—Michel Stone\, author of The Iguana Tree \nAbout the Author\nMindy Friddle’s novel\, Secret Keepers\, won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction. The Garden Angel\, her first novel and SIBA bestseller\, was selected for Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers. \nThe South Carolina Arts Commission awarded Mindy a prose fellowship\, and she has twice won the state’ s Fiction Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson and lives on Edisto Island\, South Carolina. \n  \nAbout the Interviewer\nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, the past director of the University of South Carolina Press\, and co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. He is a frequent guest book reviewer for the Charleston Post and Courier and vice president of the board of directors of the statewide Friends of South Carolina Libraries. \n  \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-mindy-friddle-author-of-her-best-self/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T140000
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with novelist Caroline Cleveland
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11\, 2024 – 2:00-3:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an afternoon with debut novelist Caroline Cleveland\, author of When Cicadas Cry\, on Saturday\, May 11\, at 2:00 p.m.\, at Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Cleveland will be joined in conversation by Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout When Cicadas Cry\nIn this stunning debut by a South Carolina attorney\, Zach Stander\, a lawyer with a past\, and Addie Stone\, his indomitable detective and lover\, find themselves entangled in secrets\, lies\, and murder in a small Southern town. \nA high-profile murder case—A white woman has been bludgeoned to death with an altar cross in a rural church on Cicada Road in Walterboro\, South Carolina. Sam Jenkins\, a Black man\, is found covered in blood\, kneeling over the body. In a state already roiling with racial tension\, this is not only a murder case\, but a powder keg. \nA haunting cold case—Two young women are murdered on quiet Edisto Beach\, an hour southeast of Walterboro\, and the killer disappears without a trace. Thirty-four years later the mystery remains unsolved. Could there be a connection to Stander’s case? \nA killer who’s watching—Stander takes on Jenkins’s defense\, but he’s up against a formidable solicitor with powerful allies. Worse\, his client is hiding a bombshell secret. When Addie Stone reopens the cold case\, she discovers more long-buried secrets in this small town. Would someone kill again to keep them? \n“John Grisham meets Harper Lee in this immersive and thought-provoking Southern legal thriller. Caroline Cleveland’s talented storytelling propels this realistic tale of secrets and history\, combined with the power of contemporary passion and prejudice. The setting is authentic\, the characters relatable\, and the story propulsive and engaging. Standing ovation for this brilliant debut!”—Hank Phillippi Ryan\, USA Today bestselling author of One Wrong Word \n“A twisty narrative of secrets and lies\, I flew through When Cicadas Cry in a day. A haunting case from the past. A racially tinged murder in the present. And a small South Carolina town about to erupt like a powder keg. Equal parts courtroom thriller and gripping mystery.” —John McMahon\, author of The Good Detective \nAbout the Author\nCaroline Cleveland is a labor and employment lawyer based in Charleston. A native South Carolinian\, Caroline grew up in the Lowcountry and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991. When Cicadas Cry is her first novel. \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Interviewer\nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, the past director of the University of South Carolina Press\, and co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. He is a frequent guest book reviewer for the Charleston Post and Courier and vice president of the board of directors of the statewide Friends of South Carolina Libraries. \n  \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-afternoon-with-novelist-caroline-cleveland/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:May 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, May 9\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Elizabeth Leverton\, author Peace\, Rhododendron. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, May 9\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.)  \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nElizabeth Leverton earned a BA in English Lit and a master’s degree in English with a concentration in writing and editing at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She began writing poetry thirty years ago. A recent graduate of the Commercial Graphics program at Midlands Technical College\, Elizabeth is a graphic designer/typesetter who also enjoys songwriting and playing guitar\, singing karaoke\, dancing\, swimming\, tennis\, sewing functional art\, and acrylic painting. \nShe lives in Columbia\, South Carolina\, with her Labrador Retriever\, Molly\, and part-Siamese sister cats\, Silo and Weaver. Peace\, Rhododendron is her first book. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/may-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240429T170000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Mark Larson\, Award-winning Educator and Author
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 29\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-525-1066.\nVenue: Beaufort Bookstore (2127 Boundary St\, #15\, Beaufort) \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe Beaufort Bookstore and the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Mark Larson\, award-winning educator and author of Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History of American Work in a Time of Social and Economic Transformation\, on Monday\, April 29\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Beaufort Bookstore (2127 Boundary St\, #15\, Beaufort). \nLarson will be in conversation with two of the interview subjects of his book\, Dr. N’kia J. Campbell\, officer of academic initiatives for the Beaufort County School District\, and Bradley Tarrance\, principal of Robert Smalls Leadership Academy. \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-525-1066. \nAbout the Book\nEsquire magazine has named Working in the 21st Century as One of the Best Books of 2024 (so far). \nFrom nurses and teachers to wildland firefighters and funeral directors—this oral history offers an intimate\, honest\, and illuminating collection of interviews that reveal what it’s like to work in America at this historic and volatile moment in time. \nAuthor Mark Larson sits down with more than one hundred workers from across the socioeconomic spectrum as they share their experiences with work and what it has meant in their lives—the good\, the bad\, the mundane\, and the profound. Doulas\, firefighters\, chefs\, hairstylists\, executives\, actors\, stay-at-home parents\, and so many more talk about what they do all day and how it aligns (or doesn’t) with what they want to be doing with their lives. The pandemic\, the ensuing “Great Resignation\,” and the current reckonings with racial justice are among the forces that are now upending and reshaping our longstanding relationships with work. Larson’s interviews display how these forces collide in the lives of average Americans as they tell their own stories with passion\, heartbreak\, and\, ultimately\, hope. \nWorking in the 21st Century asks why we show up—or don’t—to the jobs we’ve chosen\, and how the upheaval of the past few years has changed how we perceive the work we do. It will be released to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Studs Terkel’s 1974 classic Working. \n“Mark Larson’s superb and robust oral storytelling brings new light to the life of work. His book explores the intricacies of people working in these 21st-century times and shows that while work has been transformed\, it is also becoming more relevant and powerful than ever.”—Laura Washington\, Chicago Tribune contributing columnist and ABC7 Chicago political analyst \n“Mark Larson appeared in one of Studs Terkel’s books and is clearly an admirer of America’s 20th-century storyteller. While Working in the 21st Century celebrates the 50th anniversary of Studs’s Working\, the book\, through its diversity and clarity\, portrays both the similarities and differences of work 50 years later. Larson is a wonderful oral historian and the stories he tells depict the realities of work at the present time. His interviews and writing bring alive the breadth and depth of what it means to live in 2024.”—Alan Wieder\, author of Studs Terkel: Politics\, Culture\, but Mostly Conversation \nAbout the Author\nMark Larson is a Chicago-based writer and educator who holds a doctorate in educational leadership. Larson has worked at Evanston Township High School\, the Field Museum\, Lincoln Park Zoo\, and National Louis University. \nHe is the author of two books on education and Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater\, for which he conducted over 300 interviews with Chicago theater artists\, past and present. He lives in Chicago with his wife\, Mary. They have twin daughters and twin grandsons. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-mark-larson-award-winning-educator-and-author/
LOCATION:Beaufort Bookstore\, 2127 Boundary St\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T170000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with poet Ray McManus
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 25\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue (UPDATED): Rhett House Inn’s garden (1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort) \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning poet Ray McManus\, author of The Last Saturday in America\, on Thursday\, April 25\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Rhett House Inn’s garden (1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort). This is an outdoor event. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout The Last Saturday in America\n“These are poems about boys listening to men who were once boys who listened to men\, the blind leading the blind leading the blind through the dark. Some boys grow up. Some men never do. Ray McManus has chipped away at the pageantry and performance\, the stupidity of the lie\, the outright futility of it all…. The Last Saturday In America is\, ‘a song that pays homage / to a history of work we should’ve done better.’ Here’s hoping one day we do.” —David Joy\, author of Those We Thought We Knew\, from the introduction \nFor fans of Americana music and a beer after mowing the lawn\, The Last Saturday in America confronts the long shadow of Southern masculinity. \nThe Last Saturday in America is set in a nation on the precipice of great change. Through examinations of suburban neighbors\, bullies\, gun violence\, and vasectomy appointments\, Ray McManus draws a portrait of American masculinity in the face of political division\, pandemic\, and cultural warfare. McManus’s speaker is caught between the way he was raised and the future he wants to see for who he is raising. He can no longer rely on what he thought he knew\, nor does he know what to do about it. The man rendered in these pages is a father\, a son\, a Southerner. And he is willing to burn it all down and start something new\, only to see that the new start he is looking for has been with him the whole time. \nAbout Ray McManus\nRay McManus is the author of four books of poetry: Punch. (winner of the 2015 Independent Publishers Book Award for Best Book of Poetry in North America)\, Red Dirt Jesus (selected by Alicia Ostriker for the Marick Press Poetry Prize 2011)\, and Driving through the country before you are born (winner of the South Carolina Book Prize in 2006)\, and a chapbook called Left Behind. He is the co-editor for the anthology Found Anew with notable contributors with South Carolina ties. His poems have been published in numerous journals such as Crazyhorse\, Prairie Schooner\, and POETRY magazine. \nHe lives in South Carolina where he teaches for USC Sumter and serves as the Writer in Residence for the Columbia Museum of Art. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-poet-ray-mcmanus/
LOCATION:The Rhett House Inn\, 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:Evening with novelist Carolyn P. Hartley\, author of the Buried Sunshine Series
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 18\, 2024 – 5-7:00 PM EDT\nPrice: $15 (includes a glass of wine and refreshments by Mimi Rodrigues)\nRegistration: Register at Eventbrite\nVenue: The Rhett House Inn | 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, in collaboration with the award-winning Rhett House Inn\, will host an evening with historical novelist Carolyn P. Hartley\, author of the Buried Sunshine Series\, on Thursday\, April 18\, at 5:00-7:00 p.m.\, at the Rhett House Inn (1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort). $15 registration fee includes a glass of wine and refreshments by Mimi Rodrigues. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nRegister at Eventbrite \n“The Buried Sunshine Series is a courageous family saga\, a sizzling coming of age story\, as heroine\, Adele Dawson discovers her roots in this action-adventure series.”—Millie West\, award-winning author and screenwriter awards \nAbout Book One: Redemption\nGreed is invisible until you see the damage it inflicts on innocent children. Redemption exposes raw families caught between social lines when federal funds\, intended to trickle down from corporate landowners never makes it into the hands of tenant farmers. \nWhen agriculture was the bedrock of the American economy\, families\, suddenly penniless lost nearly everything in historic floods\, bank failures\, political and social annihilation. But at their core\, one family would not let catastrophes defeat them. Adele Christina Dawson\, the oldest stepchild of an imbittered farmer\, is suddenly thrust into adulthood when her mother dies giving birth to a tenth child. \n“Adele Dawson is intelligent\, feisty\, and strong\, and she emits a beam that carries this story forward\, that lifts it up from the rushing current of thick Mississippi Mud.”—Main Street Rag \nAbout Book Two: Reconciliation\nAdele Dawson\, finally back with her West Virginia birth family\, is driven to learn why her father died so young and why her mother remarried despicable August Beck\, a con artist\, then gave birth to eight of his children. When her half-sisters also come to live with her\, they get wise to a secret museum of treasures in Adele’s once-lavish stone mansion. She unlocks secrets inside a locked trunk about her mother’s coerced life in corruption\, greed\, and extortion\, secrets that now threaten to extinguish the entire family. \nHer paternal grandmother’s final wish is that Adele rebuild the family’s coal mine\, nearly bankrupt from the Depression\, and restore the river stone mansion to its original beauty. The more involved she becomes in the mining business\, the more she discovers her mother’s enemies have concealed themselves within the family business. On the verge of gaining trust from superstitious coal miners\, her saboteur stepfather creates mine blasts that injure workers\, forcing the reconstruction to miss critical deadlines. \n“This thrilling novel series leaves the reader spellbound with a story that captures everything a reader could wish for. Once you start reading you won’t stop. A must read.”—William A Petty\, historian\, curator\, and author \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nCarolyn P. Hartley is an award-winning author\, most recently for the Buried Sunshine novel series: Redemption (2019)\, Reconciliation (2022)\, and Rebellion (forthcoming 2024). \nReconciliation achieved #1 bestseller rank in seven Amazon categories\, including American History Romance. She is lead author of The Caregiver’s Toolbox (CTB)\, an Amazon #1 hot new release for nine consecutive weeks in two healthcare categories. After six years\, CTB is still a popular backlist title. \nIn prior careers\, Carolyn was a book packager for Prentice Hall\, McGraw-Hill\, Universal Press Syndicate\, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\, and VP of marketing and communications for Fleishman Hillard International\, where she placed clients on The Today Show\, CBS This Morning\, Good Morning America\, Fox and Friends\, among others. Carolyn publishes her creative non-fiction\, essays\, and short stories in literary and consumer magazines\, including North American Literary Review\, Child\, Whispering Prairie Press\, Family Circle\, and Working Women’s Magazine\, and\, for six years she was a columnist for Woman’s World. She developed public service announcements for Al Franken\, Miss America\, and the Points of Light Foundation. She also is founder of JMerrillPress\, LLC\, an independent woman-owned publisher that focuses on women of courage. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/evening-with-novelist-carolyn-p-hartley-author-of-the-buried-sunshine-series/
LOCATION:The Rhett House Inn\, 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:April 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held virtually on Thursday\, April 11\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Heather Corbally Bryant\, author of The Coffin Makers. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, April 11\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Virtual  \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout The Coffin Makers\n“Heather Corbally Bryant’s eleventh collection of poetry shows her deepening grasp of language\, and follows her grappling with the exigencies of a global pandemic in both intricate and plainspoken poetry.”–Laura Munson\, bestselling author and founder of Haven Writing Retreats \n“In The Coffin Makers\, Heather Corbally Bryant offers us poetic witness to a world turned upside down by catastrophic fear\, in clear\, beautiful poems\, marking out our moments of grief\, isolation and hope\, step by step. These poems will remain with us as graceful testament to our moment of crisis.”–Eibhear Walshe\, Director of Creative Writing\, University College Cork \nAbout our featured writer:\nHeather Corbally Bryant is a Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program at Wellesley College. She has also taught at Harvard\, the University of Michigan and the Pennsylvania State University where she has won awards for her teaching. She has written eleven books of poetry\, a prize-winning academic book\, How Will the Heart Endure: Elizabeth Bowen and the Landscape of War\, and a work of creative nonfiction\, You Can’t Wrap Fire in Paper. Her poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, the Massachusetts Book Award\, and have won Honorable Mention in the Finishing Line Press Open Chapbook Competition. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/april-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Columbia City Poet Laureate Jennifer Bartell Boykin
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 23\, 2024 · 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EST\nFree\nPlease call to reserve in advance: 843-379-7025\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Columbia City Poet Laureate Jennifer Bartell Boykin\, author of the debut poetry collection Traveling Mercy\, on Saturday\, March 23\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited. Please call to reserve in advance: 843-379-7025. \nBoykin will also be teaching a poetry writing workshop earlier that same afternoon\, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. To learn more and register for the workshop\, please visit https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nABOUT THE BOOK\nTraveling Mercy navigates the journeys of a Black woman from rural South Carolina. Her travels transcend time as she encounters history\, nature\, and grief. She sits with the eldest residents before her birth\, with the first ancestor who came to these shores\, with her parents through their marriage\, and through her own loneliness in the wake of their deaths. Planting as she harvests\, this book is a lament and a love story to survival. \n“After reading a single magnificent poem in Traveling Mercy\, “the sapling in your chest floods with too much water and light.” Read a handful of poems\, and find yourself on the poet’s ferry crossing the river “between thens and tomorrows.” Every magical\, existential line is an iteration of Jennifer Bartell’s dexterous poetics. This accomplished debut elegizes human loss while celebrating the resilience that persists through witness and language. Traveling Mercy is a dazzling first book.”–National Book Award-Winning Poet Terrance Hayes \n“Bartell’s Traveling Mercy is such an intimate history of a Black girl raised by Black women\, raised by church fans and magnolia memories\, dream-hymns of Black people pushing through mud and disease and held together by traditions. This rich collection of poems\, by a Black girl who knows how and why to style okra seeds in her hair\, spills with fat oysters and a community’s petrified pounded grace. Bartell assures she will never give us one chance to hold our breath\, as we jump into this never-ending deep end of blazing life\, therefore\, prepare to be drenched.”– National Book Award-Winning Poet Nikky Finney \nAbout our writer: \nPoet Laureate of Columbia\, South Carolina\, and a 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow\, Jennifer Bartell Boykin is the author of Traveling Mercy (from Finishing Line Press). Her poetry has appeared in Obsidian\, Callaloo\, the Raleigh Review\, kinfolks: a journal of black expression\, the museum of americana: a literary review\, and Scalawag. \nBartell Boykin is the recipient of fellowships from Callaloo and The Watering Hole. She teaches creative writing and English dual-enrollment courses at Spring Valley High School in Columbia\, South Carolina\, where she was named the 2019–20 Teacher of the Year. She is also an American Library Association Spectrum Scholar and an Augusta Baker Scholar at the University of South Carolina’s School of Information Science\, where she is pursuing her master of library and information science degree. Bartell Boykin was born and raised in Bluefield\, a Black community in Johnsonville\, South Carolina. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-columbia-city-poet-laureate-jennifer-bartell-boykin/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:March 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, March 14\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is award-winning poet Evelyn Berry\, author of Grief Slut. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, March 14\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout Grief Slut\n“Grief Slut exposes the paradoxical nature of queer life in the South. Required reading in an age of trans discrimination\, Berry’s lines will serve as balm and bulwark. exposing the joyous heartbreak of rural queerness.”—Sim Kern\, author of The Free People’s Village and Seeds From the Swarm \n“Evelyn Berry’s Grief Slut is a book-length aubade to the genderqueer self and body\, to the South\, to violence and desire and Baja Blast. Grief Slut is a riotously beautiful collection of poems\, a love song to flesh and the experience of too muchness that is oh-so-human\, oh-so-queer\, and oh-so-Southern.”—Han VanderHart\, author of What Pecan Light \nAbout our featured writer:\nEvelyn Berry is a trans\, Southern writer\, editor\, and educator. She’s the author of Grief Slut (Sundress Publications\, 2023) and Buggery (Bateau Press\, 2020)\, winner of the BOOM Chapbook Prize. \nShe’s a recipient of a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship\, 2022 Dr. Linda Veldheer Memorial Prize\, 2019 Broad River Prize for Prose\, and 2018 Emrys Poetry Prize\, among other honors. Berry has been performing in venues around the country (and world!) for more than ten years. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal\, South Carolina Review\, Gigantic Sequins\, Raleigh Review\, Taco Bell Quarterly\, and elsewhere. She lives in Columbia\, South Carolina. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/march-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:Afternoon with Dr. Kathleen Corley\, author of the The Magical Place We Call School
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 9\, 2024 – 2:00-3:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an afternoon with award-winning educator and Red Cedar Elementary School principal Dr. Kathleen Corley\, author of the The Magical Place We Call School: Creating a Safe Space for Learning and Happiness in a Challenging World. \nFree and open to the public\, this author event will be held on Saturday\, March 9\, at 2:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited. Please call to reserve in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout the Book\n“Some day\, a techie will invent a chip that can pre-install 40 years of classroom wisdom into every new teacher or principal. Until then\, we’ve got Dr. Kathleen Corley’s book.”–Lenore Skenazy\, president of Let Grow\, author of Free-Range Kids \n“An often encouraging\, compassionate\, and reasoned approach to running elementary schools.”–Kirkus Reviews \nAt a time when public discourse rages on about what students should or should not be taught\, when books are being banned\, when school shootings fill the news\, and when families are still reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic—here comes The Magical Place We Call School. With its fresh focus on the power and perils of education\, it’s an intentional way of thinking that will intrigue readers everywhere. \nIn her literary debut\, school principal Dr. Kathleen Corley\, a forty-year veteran in elementary education\, writes knowingly and with unique humor and insight about the value of education\, how kids think and learn\, what they need to succeed in and out of school\, and how their home life affects their performance. Plus\, she tackles some of the most daunting societal issues impacting children today\, from bullying to gun violence and beyond. \nDr. Corley reminds us that something extraordinary still occurs in classrooms across America—not just miraculously\, but by design and with tenacity. \nIn The Magical Place We Call School\, Corley shares human interest stories that shed light on what is and isn’t working and provides a calm hand and a much-needed perspective from the front lines of learning. Her deep caring for the children\, educators\, and parents in her midst shines through\, providing a true sense of what she calls “the magic of schools.” It’s a book not to be missed. \nAbout the Authors\nDr. Kathleen Corley is an award-winning educator\, an authority on school culture\, and the charismatic principal at Red Cedar Elementary School in Bluffton\, S.C. Renowned for her unique communication and management skills\, Corley has a bachelor’s in music education from the University of Illinois\, a master’s in music administration from Chicago Musical College\, Roosevelt University\, and a Doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Illinois. \nChicago-born\, Dr. Corley began her career in education as an elementary music teacher and transitioned to education administration to make a wider impact upon student achievement and school culture. She entered the administrative ranks as an assistant principal in Palatine\, Illinois\, then became an elementary school principal in Lynchburg\, Virginia\, Salem Massachusetts\, and Bluffton\, South Carolina. She was the founding principal at three of those schools and has been an educator for over forty years (and still counting). Corley has been an assistant professor at Salem State University and continues to mentor principals. \nGlenn Plaskin is the bestselling author of twenty-five books and his profiles and syndicated columns have appeared in the New York Times\, the Daily News\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Los Angeles Times\, Chicago Tribune\, Family Circle\, US Weekly\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, W\, and Playboy. His TV appearances include The Today Show\, Oprah\, Larry King\, Joan Rivers\, Sally Jessy Raphael\, Geraldo\, and Good Day New York. Plaskin is also a recognized collaborator and ghostwriter for CEOs\, entertainment personalities\, high achievers\, newsmakers\, performing artists\, and public speakers. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/afternoon-with-dr-kathleen-corley-author-of-the-the-magical-place-we-call-school/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:Afternoon with award-winning novelist Jeffrey Dale Lofton
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 2\, 2024 – 2:00-3:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, in collaboration with Lowcountry Pride\, will host an afternoon with award-winning novelist Jeffrey Dale Lofton\, author of Red Clay Suzie\, Longlisted for the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize\, on Saturday\, March 2\, at 2:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. Seating is limited. Please call to reserve in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Red Clay Suzie\n“Lofton’s descriptive prose is spellbinding; having never been to Georgia myself\, I feel like I now know exactly what the air tastes like and how the red clay feels beneath my fingers in the garden. Taken together\, the author has created an almost impressionist masterpiece of inner machinations and sensory experiences that leave you pleasantly dazed and content when you finally turn the last page.”—San Francisco Book Review \n“Make a glass of sweet tea\, pull up a porch chair\, and a cloth to mop your brow. Red Clay Suzie roots readers in the pacing of the South as Lofton coaxes his people from the heat and the rain and the gardens and the cars. It is a journey of refuge and emergence—helped and hindered by family and friends. Even through the characters’ most painful moments of discovery and loss\, it is an absolute joy to read. Three cheers to Jeffrey Dale Lofton and his stellar debut novel.”—Claire Green\, former President of Parents’ Choice Foundation \nThe coming-of-age story of Philbet\, a gay\, physically-misshapen boy in rural Georgia\, who battles bullying\, ignorance\, and disdain as he makes his way in life as an outsider—before finding acceptance in unlikely places. \nFueled by tomato sandwiches and green milkshakes\, and obsessed with cars\, Philbet struggles with life and love as a gay boy in rural Georgia. He’s happiest when helping Grandaddy dig potatoes from the vegetable garden that connects their houses. But Philbet’s world is shattered and his resilience shaken by events that crush his innocence and sense of security; expose his misshapen chest skillfully hidden behind shirts Mama makes at home; and convince him that he’s not fit to be loved by Knox\, the older boy he idolizes to distraction. Over time\, Philbet finds refuge in unexpected places and inner strength in unexpected ways\, leading to a resolution in the form of a letter from beyond the grave. \nAbout Jeffrey Dale Lofton\nJeffrey Dale Lofton hails from Warm Springs\, Georgia\, best known as the home of Roosevelt’s Little White House. He calls the nation’s capital home now and has for over three decades. During those early years he spent many a night trodding the boards of the DC’s theaters and performing arts centers\, including the Kennedy Center\, Signature Theatre\, Woolly Mammoth\, and Studio Theatre. He even scored a few television screen appearances\, including a residuals-rich Super Bowl halftime commercial\, which his accountant wisecracked “is the finest work of your career.” \nUltimately he stepped away from acting for other\, more traditional work\, including providing communications counsel to landscape architects and helping war veterans tell their stories to add richness and nuance to historical accounts. At the same time\, he focused on pursuing post-graduate work\, ultimately being awarded Master’s degrees in both Public Administration and Library and Information Science. Today\, he is a senior advisor at the Library of Congress\, surrounded by books and people who love books—in short\, paradise. \nRed Clay Suzie is his first work of fiction\, written through his personal lens growing up an outsider figuring out life and love in a conservative family and community in the Deep South. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/afternoon-with-award-winning-novelist-jeffrey-dale-lofton/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:Evening with Raj Haldar\, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Banned
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, February 22\, 2024 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.\nWhere: Technical College of the Lowcountry | 104 Reynolds St Beaufort\, SC 29902\nRegistration: Free Tickets at Eventbrite \nJoin us for a free\, family-friendly evening of story and song with Raj Haldar\, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Banned. This special event is hosted by the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center in collaboration with the Storybook Shoppe\, DAYLO (Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization)\, and the Technical College of the Lowcountry. \nFollowing Raj’s musical storytelling performance\, he will be in conversation with the students of DAYLO to discuss the importance of intellectual freedom and pro-literacy advocacy. \nThis event will be held at the Technical College of the Lowcountry\, Bldg 12\, McLean Hall\, 104 Reynolds St.\, Beaufort\, on Thursday\, February 22\, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Attendance is free with advance online registration. Books will be available for sale and signing after the program through the Storybook Shoppe children’s bookstore. Register Here. \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nABOUT THIS BOOK IS BANNED\nFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author of P Is for Pterodactyl Raj Haldar comes a silly and irreverent new picture book all about sharing ideas. \nThis is a book about dinosaurs. No\, it’s not. Dinosaurs are not allowed. \nOh. This is now a book about avocados! Sorry. We deleted those too. \nFINE. This book is about―nope! Forbidden! \nMaybe you shouldn’t even try reading this book…But what could possibly be inside? \nDiscover just what can happen when ideas are erased instead of expressed with this hilarious picture book romp that kids (and grown-ups) will want to read over and over again. This Book Is Banned is a funny\, engaging book perfect for families to read aloud with kids of all ages\, parents eager to share a laugh while addressing meaningful themes\, educators looking for an entertaining resource to discuss important issues\, and readers with a penchant for humor\, vibrant illustrations\, and thoughtful content. \n“A funny\, thought-provoking book that opens the door to discussion about book banning with younger children.”―School Library Journal\, STARRED review \n“Well done and adorably funny… a really great introduction to the subject of banned books for little ones.”―Youth Services Book Review\, STARRED review \n“A zany\, fourth wall–breaking exploration of book banning.”―Kirkus Reviews \n“Haldar and Patton employ absurdist hijinks to explore the practice of book banning… By story’s end\, readers will likely have had at least one beloved subject ousted―potentially prompting conversation about real-world events.”―Publishers Weekly \n“The adult-child combination who reads This Book Is Banned together will have fun discussing the issue of banning in the hypothetical\, thanks to the busy and engaging illustrations and text that await them. Young children will want you to read it to them over and over again… Strongly reminiscent of The Monster at the End of This Book.”―NY Journal of Books \nAbout the author: \nRaj Haldar is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestselling picture book P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever. But\, for close to a decade\, he has been better known as Lushlife\, the rapper\, producer\, and multi-instrumentalist. In that time\, he’s amassed a fervent global fanbase and released award-winning viral music videos that highlight his erudite lyrics. \nThe Sunday New York Times describes his work as “an intoxicating mix of captivating rhymes with audacious\, gorgeous production.” So it should come as no surprise that Haldar has made the leap into the world of children’s literature. His latest book\, entitled This Book is Banned\, gives young readers a lighthearted entry point to begin understanding the dangers of book banning and censorship. His work has been featured by The Washington Post\, Interview Magazine\, VICE\, Pitchfork\, Village Voice\, Mental Floss\, BBC\, SPIN and more. Raj currently lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife and two young daughters. \nDuring his visit to the Lowcountry\, Raj will also be appearing as a featured author at the Palmetto State Literacy Association annual conference and visiting local schools. He last appeared with leaders of DAYLO in a Banned Books Week national livestream for the Children’s Book Council\, hosted by Pat R. Scales\, and subsequently featured in Publishers Weekly. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://new.patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/evening-with-raj-haldar/
LOCATION:Technical College of the Lowcountry – Building 12 Auditorium\, 104 Reynolds Street\, Bldg 12\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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