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SUMMARY:The Prince of Tides Book Club Discussion -- Presented by Jonathan Haupt & Ellen Malphrus
DESCRIPTION:“Wholeness. It all comes back. It’s all a circle.”–Pat Conroy\, The Prince of Tides \nPat Conroy’s 1986 masterwork The Prince of Tides is the quintessential lowcountry novel\, beloved by millions as their point of entrance into the lush southern geography\, lyrical voice\, and complex interweaving of fact and fiction which define the author’s literary legacy.  \nJoin Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and USC Beaufort English professor and Writer in Residence Ellen Malphrus for a book club discussion of the novel\, its major themes\, its 1991 Academy Award-nominated film adaptation\, its place in the Conroy literary canon\, and its lasting impact on lowcountry literature and lore.  \nThis event will be held at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center (310 Okatie Hwy) on Tuesday\, September 9\, at 3:00-4:30 p.m. Attendees are encourage to read or re-read the novel prior to the event to better facilitate the book club discussion. $10/person. To register\, visit portroyalsoundfoundation.org and click the orange “Book A Program” button. \nAbout Our Presenters\nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, the past director of the University of South Carolina Press\, and co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. He is a frequent guest book reviewer for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Charleston Post and Courier. Under Jonathan’s leadership\, the Conroy Center has been recognized as an American Library Association Literary Landmark\, an affiliate of the American Writers Museum\, and winner of the Civitas Award for Tourism Leadership. \nDr. Ellen Malphrus is a professor of English and the Writer in Residence at the University of South Carolina Beaufort\, where she was honored as the 2022 Professor of the Year. Malphrus is the author of the novel Untying the Moon\, a contributing writer to Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, and the author of poetry\, creative prose\, and scholarly work published in Poetry South\, Haight Ashbury Review\, Natural Bridge\, James Dickey Review\, Southern Literary Journal\, William & Mary Review\, Blue Mountain Review\, Fall Lines\, Review of Contemporary Fiction\, Weber—the Contemporary West\, and Literature: Reading and Writing with Critical Strategies.  \nAbout The Prince of Tides (from the publisher):\nSet in New York City and the low country of South Carolina\, The Prince of Tides opens when Tom\, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling\, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister’s suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the most gifted poets of her generation\, and both the cadenced beauty of her art and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to the too-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled offices and luxurious restaurants of New York City\, Tom and Susan Lowenstein\, Savannah’s psychiatrist\, unravel a history of violence\, abandonment\, commitment\, and love. And Tom realizes that trying to save his sister is perhaps his last chance to save himself. \nWith passion and a rare gift of language\, Pat Conroy moves from present to past\, tracing the amazing history of the Wingos from World War II through the final days of the war in Vietnam and into the 1980s\, drawing a rich range of characters: the lovable\, crazy Mr. Fruit\, who for decades has wordlessly directed traffic at the same intersection in the southern town of Colleton; Reese Newbury\, the ruthless\, patrician land speculator who threatens the Wingos’ only secure worldly possession\, Melrose Island; Herbert Woodruff\, Susan Lowenstein’s husband\, a world-famous violinist; Tolitha Wingo\, Savannah’s mentor and eccentric grandmother\, the first real feminist in the Wingo family. \nPat Conroy reveals the lives of his characters with surpassing depth and power\, capturing the vanishing beauty of the South Carolina low country and a lost way of life.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/the-prince-of-tides-book-club-discussion-presented-by-jonathan-haupt-ellen-malphrus/
LOCATION:Port Royal Sound Foundation\, 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC\, 29909\, US
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open Mic Night -- Featuring Novelist Laura Leigh Morris\, Author of The Stone Catchers
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be presented as a virtual event\, live-streamed to our Facebook page\, on Thursday\, September 11\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured presenter is novelist Laura Leigh Morris\, author of The Stone Catchers. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres\, with host Melissa Whiteford St. Clair.  \nInterested in reading as part of virtual Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org. \nAbout Our Featured Author:\nLaura Leigh Morris is the author of The Stone Catchers: A Novel (2024)\, a finalist for the 2024 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction\, and Jaws of Life: Stories (2018). She’s previously published short fiction and essays in STORY Magazine\, North American Review\, The Florida Review\, and other journals. She teaches creative writing and literature at Furman University in Greenville\, SC. To learn more\, visitwww.lauraleighmorris.com. \n“Laura Leigh Morris pulls her readers deep into a community experiencing generational tragedy and with eagle-eyed attention to the fine grain of human foible and capacity\, charts the path through the tempest. In a world where on a daily basis we see our humanity reduced and our storytelling pinched\, The Stone Catchers is a precious gift. Morris has given us a compelling\, addictive narrative\, shot through with a compassion validated by her unflinching gaze and measured\, magisterial prose. The Stone Catchers is a marvel. Morris takes one of the toughest subjects to contemplate—a mass shooting—and in lucid prose limns how all of us are beset by pressure that results in questionable decisions. Morris unpacks what it is to be human\, her deadly accuracy matched by her consummate delicacy.”–Robert Gipe\, author of Pop: An Illustrated Novel \n“In The Stone Catchers\, Laura Leigh Morris does the thing most Americans refuse to do: She stays with the victims of gun violence long after the twenty-four-hour news cycle has ended. She shows us how the trauma of a school shooting reverberates through a community—not just for the victims themselves\, but for all those who feel the effects of their trauma. She does not let us do the thing we most want to do\, what we do again and again\, which is look away. She demands that we look. That we reckon. That we implicate ourselves in the violence that plays out far too often in our country.”–Neema Avashia\, author of Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/virtual-open-mic-night-featuring-novelist-laura-leigh-morris-author-of-the-stone-catchers/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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SUMMARY:Silent Book Club Beaufort
DESCRIPTION:Silent Book Club Beaufort\, a unique take on the traditional book club\, will meet on Saturday\, September 13\, from 4:30 to 6:30PM at the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.). A relaxed and pressure-free space for readers of all types\, this community gathering invites book lovers to enjoy their current reads in a welcoming and peaceful atmosphere. \nSilent Book Club Beaufort is co-sponsored by the Conroy Center and the student book club DAYLO (Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization). \nUnlike traditional book clubs\, Silent Book Club Beaufort has no assigned reading\, no deadlines\, and no discussions required. Whether you prefer ebooks\, audiobooks\, comic books\, textbooks\, or paperbacks\, readers are invited to bring their book of choice\, settle in\, and savor the joy of uninterrupted reading among like-minded individuals. \nSilent Book Club Beaufort also features a book swap: Leave a book\, take a book.  \nThe casual meetups provide an excellent opportunity to discover new book recommendations\, make friends\, and reconnect with the love of reading. Whether you’re a lifelong bookworm or just getting back into reading\, everyone is welcome.  \nSilent Book Club Beaufort is free to attend and proudly supports local businesses and organizations. Additional dates and locations will be announced via the SBCB Instagram page at www.instagram.com/silentbookclubbeaufort.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/silent-book-club-beaufort-6/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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