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Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Dr. Curtis Rogers talks to poet, writer, and co-founder/director of The Watering Hole (TWH) about poetry and this year’s upcoming banned books week. TWH is a safe space for writers of color without regard for origin, age, gender, sexuality, varied abilities, or religion. In addition, TWH is equally a home for both written and spoken word artists–anyone who wants to grow in the craft.
TWH unapologetically invests in pursuing the craft of poetry, learning about southern poets of color and poets who write about the South, providing affordable classes and retreats, swinging open the door for diverse forms of poetry, and pushing the bounds of a contemporary writing community.
Links:
- The Watering Hole - https://www.twhpoetry.org/
- The Watering Hole Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cavecanemsouth/
- Banned Books Week - http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks
- Email contact: twhtribe@twhpoetry.org
Monday Aug 14, 2017
Monday Aug 14, 2017
Dr. Curtis Rogers talks with TJ Wallace, Assistant Director of South Carolina Humanities, about the Let’s Talk About It book discussion series and many of the other programs and events of the South Carolina Humanities. SC Humanities’ mission is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. Established in 1973, this 501(c) 3 organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state. It presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that directly or indirectly reach more than 250,000 citizens annually.
Links:
- SC Humanities http://schumanities.org
- SC Humanities on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/humanitiessc
- SC Humanities on Twitter https://twitter.com/humanitiessc
- Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion Program http://schumanities.org/projects/ltai
- SC Encyclopedia http://schumanities.org/projects/encyclopedia
- 2017 South Carolina Humanities Festival, October 5 – 8, 2017, Gaffney, SC http://schumanities.org/annualevents/humanitiesfestival
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses art, writing, history, and libraries with award-winning illustrator Sophie Blackall and award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia at the 2017 StoryfestSC held in Columbia on Saturday, June 3. Blackall’s editorial illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Architectural Digest, Town and Country, Vogue, and Gourmet. She has illustrated over thirty books for children including Ruby's Wish, Meet Wild Boars, Pecan Pie Baby, Big Red Lollipop, and the Ivy and Bean series and won the 2016 Randolph Caldecott Medal for Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear. Rita Williams-Garcia is an American writer of young-adult novels. She is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels for young adults and middle grade readers. She has won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book, One Crazy Summer. She also won the PEN/Norma Klein Award.
Links
Sophie Blackall: http://www.sophieblackall.com/
Rita Williams-Garcia https://rita-williamsgarcia.squarespace.com/
About StoryfestSC: StoryfestSC.org
Monday Jun 05, 2017
Monday Jun 05, 2017
In this episode of LibraryVoicesSC, Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses South Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras: Essays from the Proceedings of the South Carolina Association with Dr. Fritz Hamer. South Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras is an anthology of the most enduring and important scholarly articles about the Civil War and Reconstruction era published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association. Past officers of the South Carolina Historical Association (SCHA), Michael Brem Bonner and Fritz Hamer have selected 23 essays from the several hundred published since 1931 to create this treasure trove of scholarship on an impressive variety of subjects including race, politics, military events, and social issues.
Links:
About the book: https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2016/7665.html
SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum: https://www.crr.sc.gov/
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Pamela and Katie chat with local artist and advocate Darion McCloud about his current and upcoming projects (and reminisce about some old ones, too). They discuss the NiA Company's production of Together We Are Making a Poem in Honor of Life, showing this weekend, and reminisce over Pamela and Darion's days together in the Richland County Library children's room. Be prepared: After this podcast episode, you'll be itching to go to the theatre.
LINKS:
Together We Are Making a Poem in Honor of Life:
At EdVenture: http://tinyurl.com/nia-edv-com
At Tapps Arts Center: http://tinyurl.com/nia-tapps-com
Keep up with Darion's projects:
Friends of African American Art and Culture: https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-African-American-Art-and-Culture-at-CMA-260875844007097/
The NiA Company: https://www.facebook.com/niacompany/
Darion's website: http://www.darionmccloud.com/
http://www.columbiachildrenstheatre.com/