Portrait of Julia Peterkin. Image from the Library of Congress.

(1880-1961) Born in Laurens County, SC, Julia Peterkin was a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who wrote about the African American experience in the South.

• Julia Peterkin
• Cheating the Stillness: The World of Julia Peterkin
• Dramatized adaptation of The Merry-Go-Round

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• Biography In Context
• Literature Resources