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In 1816 a pair of Rhode Island brothers stopped their wagons along the Tyger River, cleared away trees and chinquapin thickets, and began construction on a rustic spinning factory. From those humble beginnings arose one of the nation's mightiest textile communities, a place that by the end of the 19th century became known as "the Lowell of the South." Over the course of nearly two centuries more than 100, 000 people labored in the red brick co...

A Kirkus Best Book of 2020 • Finalist for the Southern Book Prize • Best LGBT Book of 2020 by O Magazine • One of the Women's National Book Association's 2020 Great Group Reads Selections • EW's 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2020 • BookRiot's "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of 2020" • Lambda Literary's "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of May 2020" • Salon's "Best and boldest new must-read books for May" • BookPage's "19 can't-miss reads from indepen...

A Taste of Spartanburg: Local Chefs, Local Farmers, Local Recipes is a celebration of the emerging foodie and farm culture in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Within these colorful pages meet an eclectic mix of local food producers who uphold the upcountry small farming tradition-from dairymen to hydroponic gardeners and from peach orchardists to heirloom corn millers. Learn the secrets and visit the kitchens of a talented and personable as...

During World War I and World War II, more than 350, 000 men on their way to battlefields abroad came to Spartanburg to learn to be soldiers at the training camps of Wadsworth and Croft. The story of how wartime preparation changed them, and how they in turn changed Spartanburg, is the focus of Hub City's When the Soldiers Came to Town, a lively, illustrated history edited by Susan Turpin, Carolyn Creal, Ron Crawley, and James Crocker.Few trace...

A spellbinding story of witchcraft and disobedience." - NPR An NPR Best Book of 2016 An NPR Book of the Year | Winner of the 2017 Southern Book Prize Indie Next Pick, May 2016 | Gold IPPY Award, Literary Fiction It's 1939, and the federal government has sent USDA agent Virginia Furman into the North Carolina mountains to instruct families on modernizing their homes and farms. There she meets farm wife Irenie Lambey, who is immediately drawn ...

There are more than 60 new entries in this 112-page guidebook. If you're looking for late-night music, anti-gravity yoga, oddball yard art, LGBT-friendly clubs, bike trails or Patagonia gear, this guidebook is for you."More than 50 new businesses have come to downtown since we produced this guidebook in 2012, " said editor Joe Mullinax, who coordinated a team of more than two dozen writers who contributed entries to the book. "It was time for ...

Long live Ron Rash the storyteller, but heres the news. Ron Rash the poet is back and giving us poems that are both the river stones and the water making them shine. If allowed only two words for this wonderful poet, they would have to be clear and lithe.

Why do writers love dogs? Not always for the same reasons all the rest of us do. Dorothea Benton Frank's dog Henry teaches her about self-righteous indignation every time she leaves on a book tour. Ron Rash learns to appreciate his misanthropic mutt Pepper after he bites his daughter's suitor. For Tommy Hays the dog is something not even a psychic can separate from the family. For some writers, such as Mary Alice Monroe, a Bernese Mountain dog...

From Beaufort to Boone and a dozen places in between, Carolina Writers at Home is a rich collection of true stories showcasing the houses where some of the most notable Southern authors-including Jill McCorkle, Nikky Finney, Alan Gurganus, Clyde Edgerton, and Michael Parker-have forged their writing lives. The homes in these twenty-five essays range from the classic bungalow and mid-century modern ranch house to wilder locales: a church, a tra...