Hub City Anthology Spartanburg Writers and Artists By John Lane and Betsy Wakefield Teter ISBN: 0-9638731-7-2 Paperback 146 pages, 8.5 x 11 Color sections of arts & photography Publication Date: April 1996 $20.00

This is the book that started it all, the "opening conversation" between the Hub City Writers Project and its community. It's the book that caught the attention of The New York Times, Utne Reader and many other publications.

Hub City Anthology is a collection of personal essays, artwork and photographs by the original group of Hub City representatives. Though Hub City Anthology is a book about Spartanburg, it is also a book with a much larger context. It's a book about a boomtown Southern community seeking to find its voice in the wake of enormous change.

The essays in the book are, among other subjects, about places lost. Life in the suburbs, weird religion, threatened green spaces, the county fair, family reunions and, yes, of course, trains. The authors in this collection are young and old, black and white, native and newcomer.

The book also includes the artwork of Southern Exposure, a Spartanburg arts cooperative, and the work of four local photographers. "The individual voices of the book extend past the essays," wrote Creative Loafing magazine. "There are visions of rooftops, buildings, and highways, along with photographs of dairy farmers, lumber men, teachers, collapsing hotels, and even a parking garage."

The Charlotte Observer called this book "a carefully constructed, lively anthology with both words and pictures to enjoy and ponder." Now in its second printing, Hub City Anthology continues to entertain.

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