Deep Roots: Generational Connections to the Past

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Join North Carolina Humanities and South Carolina Center for the Book on June 24, 2021, at 12:30 p.m., for Deep Roots: Generational Connections to the Past featuring authors Derek Berry, Len Lawson, Ayla Samli, Jaki Shelton Green, and Hannah VanderHart in conversation about how their roots as Carolinians have shaped their writing and personal experiences. Registration is free and the event will conclude with an audience Q&A. This conversation is the first in a three-part author talk exploring place and identity in the Carolinas and is made possible by NC Humanities Center for the Book and South Carolina Center for the Book; affiliates of the National Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. For more information, please contact Andersen Cook at acook@statelibrary.sc.gov. 

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Revolutionary Ghosts with Author and Storyteller, Tally Johnson

October 29, 2026, 6:00 PM

Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with award-winning storyteller, author, and folklorist Tally Johnson, who will tell ghost stories from the Revolutionary War period, covering South Carolina from the mountains to the sea. You will learn some of the hidden history of the Revolution via the rich ghostlore of South Carolina, where the Revolution was won.