The literature of

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, includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors include

Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing focuses on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison has won a number of aw ...

, Daniel Payne and William Gilmore Simms.

History

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began operating in Charleston in 1731. (Fulltext) Literary figures of the antebellum period included Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830-1886), James Matthews Legaré (1823-1859), William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), Henry Timrod (1829-1867). The ''Southern Review'' was published in Charleston from 1828 through 1832. The ''Carolina Housewife''

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was published in Charleston in 1847. In the 1920s

Julia Peterkin Julia Peterkin (October 31, 1880 – August 10, 1961) was an American author from South Carolina. In 1929 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Novel/Literature for her novel '' Scarlet Sister Mary.'' She wrote several novels about the plantation Sout ...

(1880-1961) wrote about the Gullah. DuBose Heyward's (1885-1940) 1925 novel '' Porgy'' "explored interactions among the black residents of Charleston's Catfish Row." The '' South Carolina Review'' literary journal was founded at

Furman University Furman University is a Private university, private Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of hig ...

in Greenville in 1968, later moving to

Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enr ...

Upstate

The Upstate (or Upcountry) includes the mountains of Oconee and Pickens Counties, the Greenville-Spartanburg metro area, and the many mill communities in the triangle between Charlotte, Columbia, and the Georgia border. The region is best encapsulated by Ben Robertson's memoir ''Red Hills and Cotton'', which describes life in the New South mill culture in the South Carolina "backcountry." In the late 20th and 21st centuries, literature in this region flourished. Notable books include

Dori Sanders Dorinda "Dori" Sanders (born 1934, York County, South Carolina) is an African-American novelist, food writer and farmer. Her first novel, ''Clover'' (1990), was a bestseller, and won a 1990 Lillian Smith Book Award. She has also written a cookb ...

' ''Clover'',

's ''Bastard Out of Carolina'', and the short stories of George Singleton. Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties have been referred to as the "dark corner," allegedly because it took so long for the region to get electricity. Novelists

Ron Rash Ron Rash (born September 25, 1953), is an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. Early life Rash was born on September 25, 1953, in C ...

, Mark Powell and others have explored the region's isolation and history of lawlessness. The Upstate is also home to a thriving literary arts community, including Spartanburg's Hub City Writers Project. Another literary group i
Wits End Poetry
established in 2002.

Lowcountry

The South Carolina Lowcountry includes Charleston, Beaufort, Hilton Head and sea islands. Novelists Dorothea Benton Frank, Josephine Humphreys, and the late

Pat Conroy Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books '' The Water is Wide'', '' The Lords of Discipline'', ''The Prince of Tides'' and ''The Great Santini'' w ...

captured the flavor of the Lowcountry, the rhythms of the coast, Charleston's changing society, and the romantic myth of the region. Other notable works from the region include

Padgett Powell Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, ''Edisto'' (1984), was nominated for the American Book Award and was excerpted in '' The New Yorker''. Po ...

's novel ''Edisto''.

Organizations

The Poetry Society of South Carolina began in Charleston in 1920. The Spartanburg Hub City Writers Project launched in 1995.Wits End Poetry
was launched i
2002

References

Bibliography

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External links

* (Directory ceased in 2017) * American literature by state

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