Tag Archives: Jonathan Butler

Art from the Ashes Book Launch and Gallery Opening on February 1st at Tapp’s – A JASPER Project

by Jasper Posted on January 25, 2015

  Over the course of four evenings in the summer of 2014, more than two dozen literary, visual, and musical artists gathered in the Jasper Magazine office with experts on the February 17th, 1865 burning of Columbia. The artists immersed … Continue reading →

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In Jasper No. 3, Vol. 3: Artists + Poets Collaborate in Columbia Broadside Project

by kpetersen Posted on March 19, 2014

“‘Getting 30 people to work together is a bit of a logistical nightmare,’ laughs Darien Cavanaugh, coordinator for the Columbia Broadside Project, an ambitious venture pairing South Carolina writers and artists in collaborative projects. But if all goes as planned, … Continue reading →

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Review — A Woman with Keys: Nikky Finney’s Rice by Jonathan Butler

by Jasper Posted on August 17, 2013

  Nikky Finney’s Rice, originally published in 1995 but available in a new edition from TriQuarterly Books, is literature performing  the functions of oral culture: the transmission of stories, legends, warnings, and a sense of history and community. Finney’s topics … Continue reading →

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