Essays are, for me, comfort reading. I write them for that very same reason.  Essays have long been my first writing love. There have been p...

  As usual, my day began with coffee on the porch and a visit with Moonpie. Then I took a drive to find Pat Conroy's grave to pay my res...

One of the most important items on my list of things to do while I'm in South Carolina is to pay my respects to a man whose writing has ...

  Unless. It's THIS desk. This desk. Anyone recognize this desk? So, I gave you some pretty good hints, huh?! 😏 🙄 😊 In just a couple ...

  Well, I'll tell you . . . I have written and posted endlessly about being awarded the PCLC Residency .  I have not, however, written a...

From The Pat Conroy Literary Center:  Congratulations to Kaye Wilkinson Barley, the newly selected recipient of our Pat Conroy Literary Cent...

In case, like me, you're still wondering when we might be able to read that biography . . . From  https://patconroy.com/ " This si...

You know those projects you think about doing? And think about . . . And think about some more . . .  Until you FINALLY get around to doing ...

This morning I read that Nan A. Talese , president, publisher & editorial director of her own imprint at Doubleday, announced she will...

Welcome to my book fort! I'd invite you in, but there's hardly enough room in here for me once Annabelle decides she wants to vis...

David Lauderdale's  ( dlauderdale@islandpacket.com)  wonderfully powerful, emotional piece about Pat Conroy from The Island Packet ...