Katharine Ball Ripley
Between 1923 and 1953 the couple published ten books—including novels and memoirs—and dozens of short stories and nonfiction pieces.
Ennis Rees
Ennis Rees was a poet, children's author, and professor. He was named by Governor Riley as the third South Carolina Poet Laureate from 1984 to 1985.
Beatrice Witte Ravenel
Beatrice Witte Ravenel was a poet associated with the Charleston Renaissance in South Carolina.
Ron Rash
Ron Rash is a poet and novelist from Chester, SC.
Verni Robert Quillen
Verni Robert Quillen was a journalist and humorist from Fountain Inn, South Carolina.
Josephine Pinckney
Poet, novelist, civic leader. Pinckney played a key role in the literary revival that swept through the South after World War I
Kathleen Parker
Kathleen Parker is a columnist for The Washington Post.
Gregory White Smith
Gregory White Smith was a biographer of Jackson Pollock and Vincent van Gogh.
Steven Naifeh
Steven Naifeh is an artist and Pultizer Prize-winning biographer of Jackson Pollock and Vincent van Gogh.
Arthenia J. Bates Millican
Arthenia J. Bates Millican was a poet, short-story writer, essayist, and educator from Sumter, South Carolina.
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