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Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio
Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"B" is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b. 1942). Essayist. environmentalist, educator. After graduating from USC, Burroughs obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard. From 1968-2000, he taught at Bowdoin...
Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio
Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"B" is for Byars, Betsy Cromer (b. 1928). Writer. Byars began her writing career with magazine articles until dedicating herself to children’s literature. In 1962 her first book, Clementine, was...
Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio
Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Humphreys, Josephine (b. 1945). Novelist. Born in Charleston, Humphreys graduated from Duke and obtained an M.F.A. from Yale. In 1970, she began teaching at Baptist College in Charleston...
Ann Grifalconi | Baker's Dozen
Ann Grifalconi | Baker's Dozen

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Ann Grifalconi is an author and illustrator from New York City. She specializes in presenting realistic characters from other cultures. Her book, The Village of Round and Square Houses, is a Caldecott...
The Civil War At 150 (Full Version)
The Civil War At 150 (Full Version)
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Dr. James McPherson, professor emeritus of American History at Princeton University, won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, which has since sold more than six hundred thousand copies...
The Spate of Civil War Literature | Walter Edgar's Journal
The Spate of Civil War Literature | Walter Edgar's Journal
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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Walter Edgar talks with Dr. McPherson about the increase in Civil War writings within the past thirty years. Writers have since expanded on aspects like civilian life, experiences for common soldiers...
Betsy Byars | Conversations with SC Writers
Betsy Byars | Conversations with SC Writers

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Betsy Byars started her career writing for magazines. Later, she turned her attention to writing children's books. In 1971, she won a Newbery Medal for Summer of the Swans. Ms. Byars enjoys writing...
John Jakes | Conversations with SC Writers
John Jakes | Conversations with SC Writers

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

John Jakes is a well-known author of historical fiction. He is also a research fellow in the Department of History at the University of South Carolina. He discusses his trilogy, Love and War. He...
Dori Sanders | Conversations with SC Writers
Dori Sanders | Conversations with SC Writers

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S.C. author Dori Sanders reads from her bestseller, Clover , and describes the characters in the novel. She talks about characters being based loosely on real-life but the stories being fictionalized...
Matt Christopher | Converations with SC Writers
Matt Christopher | Converations with SC Writers

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Matt Christopher opens by reading from The Kid Who Only Hits Homers. He states that all of his books are written to entertain the readers. He expresses the importance of writing with emotion. He...
Eleanora Tate | Conversations with SC Writers
Eleanora Tate | Conversations with SC Writers

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Eleanora Tate is an award-winning author of children's books. She discusses writing The Secret of Gumbo Grill. Her idea for the book came from the fact that there were few books dealing with modern...
Cassandra King | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Cassandra King | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cassandra King is a best-selling novelist whose fiction has won the hearts of readers everywhere, especially in the American South. A native of Alabama, she now lives in the Lowcountry of S.C., where...
Pat Conroy & Catherine Seltzer, Part 1 | Palmetto Scene
Pat Conroy & Catherine Seltzer, Part 1 | Palmetto Scene

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Recently beloved author Pat Conroy made his way through South Carolina, doing what he does best, telling wonderful stories. Joined by his biographer, Catherine Seltzer, Conroy and Seltzer entertained...
Pat Conroy & Catherine Seltzer, Part 2 | Palmetto Scene
Pat Conroy & Catherine Seltzer, Part 2 | Palmetto Scene

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Recently beloved author Pat Conroy made his way through South Carolina, doing what he does best, telling wonderful stories. Joined by his biographer, Catherine Seltzer, Conroy and Seltzer entertained...