Episodes
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Jerred Metz - Episode 87
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Dr. Curtis Rogers interviews author, Jerred Metz. Jerred has had many careers beginning with English professor and returning to it after two and a half decades in 2002. He taught creative writing at the University of Minnesota, Webster College in St. Louis, and Coker University in Hartsville, South Carolina. He is the author of six poetry books and six prose books and his latest book is Bellicourt Tunnel: The crowning battle of the Great War. You can learn more about Jerred and his writing at his website, jerredmetz.com.
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Dr. W. Eric Emerson - Episode 76
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the Civil War letters of Augustine Thomas Smythe and more with Dr. W. Eric Emerson. Dr. Emerson is the director of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia. His current book (along with co-editor Karen Stokes) is Days of Destruction: Augustine Thomas Smythe and the Civil War Siege of Charleston (University of South Carolina Press). He is also the author of Sons of Privilege: The Charleston Light Dragoons in the Civil War, co-editor of Faith, Valor, and Devotion: The Civil War Letters of William Porcher DuBose and A Confederate Englishman: The Civil War Letters of Henry Wemyss Feilden, and editor of Palmetto Profiles: The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the South Carolina Hall of Fame.
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Ed DeVos - Episode 72
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses Revenge at King's Mountain with author Ed DeVos. Mr. DeVos is a highly decorated military officer and is also an experienced writer of thought-provoking historical fiction. His books, The Stain, The Chaplain's Cross, Revenge at Kings Mountain, and Family of Warriors, feature characters who model valor, integrity, honor, and courage as they face spiritual and moral dilemmas that warriors have always faced on the battlefield.
Links:
- Publisher: https://www.deedspublishing.com/devos
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6881702.Ed_Devos
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Liz Gilmore Williams - Episode 68
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses No Ordinary Soldier: My father's two wars, with author Liz Gilmore Williams. A finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards in the military history genre, Liz Gilmore Williams worked as a writer and editor for more than 20 years in Washington, D.C., for two offices of the U.S. Congress and other organizations. As a speaker for South Carolina's Humanities Out Loud Program, she travels statewide to speak at meetings for sponsoring organizations that promote discussion about human values, traditions, and cultures.
Link:
- Website: https://www.noordinarysoldier.com/
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Col. Steven Vitali - Episode 67
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers interviews Colonel Steven Vitali about his military career. Colonel Vitali has served for 35 years in the military with 32 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1976 and has served at home and abroad including operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. He retired in July 2008 and is a recent recipient of a Quilt of Valor.
Links:
- Col. Vitali Bio: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/sites/default/files/docs/Vitali_Bio.pdf
- Quilts of Valor: https://www.qovf.org