It’s exciting when you can see a friend’s idea take off.  Two years ago, I went to the SC Book Festival with Caroline Lord.  She was working out her plans for a literary journal, and I watched her chase down writer George Singleton to t...

The SC Book Festival schedule is now online.  Before we get to Monroe and Humphreys, what about that session called “Novice Turkey Hunting”?  (Are there enough writers on that subject to form a panel? I guess the answer is yes.)&nbs...

Ever since she let us peek behind the scenes at the State Museum, skirt! has been doubly curious to see what curator Elaine Nichols is bringing to town.  Today an exhibit called Finding Priscilla’s Children opens.  It reconstru...