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Noted local authors, writers, novelists, and poets share their personal reflections on this place we love to call home, expounding upon every thing from shrimp and muscadine vines to backcountry roads and voodoo
Boiled Peanuts
The true power of the humble snack food
Life by Tides
Paying attention to the rise and fall, and to what the water brings
Jazz
The protocol and improvisation of being Charleston
The Friendliest City
Broken Doorbells
Crossing the threshold of modern etiquette
Secret Places
Finding wonder and welcome in Charleston’s hidden alleys
Hoodoo, Herbs, & Horns
Don’t matter how you preserve the Lowcountry, so long as you get it done
Backcountry Roads
A unique perspective on the Lowcountry’s rural character
A Sensory Feast
The indoctrination of a Lowcountry voluptuary
Shrimp
Books I wish I’d written, and how Pat Conroy got there first
The Charleston Accent
An appreciation for our wonderfully strange and unique native tongue
Rainstorms
The joy of being washed awake by a Charleston downpour
Muscadines
Heady, sweet memories plucked from the vine
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The noted authors, writers, and poets who penned our feature "Odes to the Lowcountry"