Minnow, by James E. McTeer II is also recipient of the South Carolina First Novel Prize. The book is described as "an evocative novel that brings to life an intensely realized portrait of the South Carolina Lowcountry and sends its appealing young hero on a journey full of the strangeness of childhood and the difficult choices that come with growing up." For more information about the book and author, please visit Hub City Press.
Minnow Awarded Kirkus Best Debut Fiction of 2015
Upcoming Event
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC
April 25, 2024, 6:00 PM
Join the South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book for our next Speaker at the Center Author Talk, featuring Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC, Jennifer Bartell Boykin. She will discuss her debut book of poetry, Traveling Mercy, and her upcoming release, Only Believe (The Word Works), a winner of the 2023 Hilary Tham Capital Collection.
