| Jack Dempsey. Elvis Presley. Martha Stewart.
George Washington Carver. The Allman Brothers. Julia Roberts. Ty Cobb. Clarence
Carter. Billy Sunday. At one time all of these celebrities - and dozens more - passed
through Spartanburg, S.C. Their visits are captured by sixty creative
writers in a new, illustrated Hub
City book to be released
in November 2007. To sign up for one of the 300 collector's edition hardback
copies of Stars Fell on Spartanburg: Hub City's
Celebrity Encounters ...
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Finding their
inspiration everywhere from Landrum's northern mountain views to the
southernmost streets of rural Woodruff, two dozen poets present Spartanburg's
definitive poetic landscape in Still Home: The Essential Poetry of Spartanburg,
a new book by the Hub City Writers Project, edited by Rachel Harkai. Still Home will be released Thursday,
March 20, at a special event to be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Showroom
at Hub-Bub. Hub City also will unveil a website of audio
recordings of local poets and an accompanying Still Home Teacher's Guide. The event, which will feature short
readings by many of the poets, is free and open to the public.
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| People said he was different and possessed by a dream, but such comments did not deter David English Camak as he worked to fulfill his vision of a common school for textile mill workers. Using his considerable persuasive skills, Camak convinced prominent citizens of Spartanburg, South Carolina, to support the establishment of Textile Industrial Institute. The public is invited to a reception and signing for the new book Common Ties by Katherine Davis Cann from 2-5 pm Sunday, Oct. 21 at the Moore Building at Spartanburg Methodist College.
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| Our lead fall title this year will be Spartanburg Revisited: A Second Look at the
Photographs of Alfred and Bob Willis. This father-son photography team
documented almost 80 years of Spartanburg
history: its landmarks, colorful characters, and momentous occasions. This
forthcoming book, with an introduction written by Emily L. Smith, tells the
story of the charismatic men behind the images and revisits their iconic work
with new color photographs by Carroll Foster and Mark Olencki.
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Proposals are being accepted for submissions for a forthcoming book, Stars Fell on Spartanburg: Hub City's Celebrity
Encounters. The upcoming book will feature eyewitness reports (personal essays) and
creative accounts--fiction, poetry, and songs--about famous people who
have passed through Spartanburg County over the years. Dozens of local writers are already at work on this! |
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