It’s official. Saints at the River, a novel by South Carolina author Ron Rash, is the One Book, One Columbia selection for 2012.
Jasper couldn’t be more pleased!
We’ve loved all of Rash’s novels — Serena, One Foot in Eden, The World Made Straight (our all-time favorite!) — not to mention his poetry, which flows with hot honeyed truth, or his short stories that stay on the brain for years after the reading. Saints at the River is the story of two characters who live in Columbia — one of whom hails from the upstate and is drawn back into the area where she was raised by an environmental conflict. It touches on family, nature, loss, and learning.
The reading period will kick off on January 17th — but you don’t have to wait until then to get started. We’ll be scheduling events from the 17th throughout the month of February — including a two day visit from Rash on February 1st and 2nd — stay tuned for more about this.
For more information, keep your eyes posted on the One Book, One Columbia official website as well as our One Book Facebook page.
And be sure to pick up a copy of Jasper Magazine at our #3 release event on January 12th at the Arcade Mall on Main Street to read an article about our interview with Ron Rash himself.
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What Jasper Said is the blogging arm of Jasper – The Word on Columbia Arts, a new written-word oriented arts magazine that serves artists and arts lovers in the Columbia, SC area and its environs in four ways:
Via Print Media – Jasper is a bi-monthly magazine, releasing in print six times per year in September, November, January, March, May & July, on the 15th of each month. Jasper covers the latest in theatre and dance, visual arts, literary arts, music, and film as well as arts events and happenings;
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