| Writing South Carolina: Selections from the Third Annual High School Writing Contest Contributor(s): Rogers, Aïda (Editor), Lynn, Steven (Editor), Monroe, Mary Alice (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1611179181 ISBN-13: 9781611179187 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing |
| Series: Young Palmetto Books |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How can we make South Carolina better? Normally this issue is reserved for lawmakers and voters, but Writing South Carolina, volume 3, gives voice to fifty high school juniors and seniors from across the Palmetto State who have offered suggestions. The University of South Carolina Honors College annual writing contest presents a necessary voice for them as well as a revealing portrait of their lives and desires using their own words and insights. Contest judge Mary Alice Monroe provides the foreword for this volume and has said of the contributing students, They are astonishingly talented, further ahead in the game than I was at their age. Through a variety of short, creative genres, students share their own gripping experiences in South Carolina, often about of growing up and going to school here. This year's selections range from poems about the cycle of abuse to short stories about minimum wage to essays about problematic sex education in public schools. Writing South Carolina, volume 3, offers a collection steeped in creativity, honesty, and clarity. High school students witness and encounter some of the most subtle and serious problems in South Carolina's school system--and they demand change.Monroe, a New York Times best-selling author of children's books and novels, including A Lowcountry Christmas and The Butterfly's Daughter, provides a foreword. |
Contributor Bio(s): Monroe, Mary Alice: - Mary Alice Monroe is a New York Times best-selling author of children's books and novels, including A Lowcountry Christmas and The Butterfly's Daughter.Rogers, Aida: - Aida Rogers is a writer and editor whose feature journalism has won national and regional awards. Her career has included work in newspapers, television, and magazines. Rogers is a coauthor of Stop Where the Parking Lot's Full, editor of volumes 1 and 2 of State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love, and coeditor of volumes 1-3 of Writing South Carolina: Selections from the High School Writing Contest.Lynn, Steven: - Steven Lynn is the dean of the University of South Carolina Honors College and Louise Fry Scudder Professor of English. |