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Posts by Michael J. McGandy

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to madebyhistory@inquirer.com 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

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Delighted that @ugapress.bsky.social will be joining us and tabling!

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@uscpress.bsky.social is getting excited about the upcoming event at Wofford in Spartanburg, SC!

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Happy pub day to Meredith Love and Christopher Johnson for their new book, Carolina Currents Volume 3. Travel as Resistance! Get your copy now at uscpress.com/Carolina-Cur...

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Early praise for Foraging Wild Herbs from Richard Porcher, coauthor of A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina.

Pre-order your copy now at uscpress.com/Foraging-Wil...

#foraging #outdoors #booksky

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In an incredible turn out for Give4Garnet 2026, we raised $16,343 for our internship stipend! It is a privilege to share our mission and work with our students. They are diligent, creative, and ambitious students that we are proud to have on the team.
Thank you!

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Give 4 Garnet One Donation. Endless Impact. Give 4 Garnet and be part of the difference!

Starting at noon, #Give4Garnet moves to a Closing Time Power Hour: 12PM - 2PM. If @uscpress.bsky.social receives the most donors during this time, another $2,500 will be donated to support our undergrad interns! Give here at any time but especially from 12 to 2: give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...

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#Give4Garnet continues today for @uscpress.bsky.social

Please make a donation, of any size, to support our fantastic interns, like Stephanie, and ensure they receive equitable stipends.

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Small gifts are welcome! We want to hear from all who support paid interships!!

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Give 4 Garnet One Donation. Endless Impact. Give 4 Garnet and be part of the difference!

At 5:59 a.m. today #Give4Garnet begins! @uscpress.bsky.social asks that you make a donation, of any size, to support our interns.

give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...

Your gift ensures equitable stipends to our outstanding students who are essential to our publication program.

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#Give4Garnet is tomorrow and I encourage you to go to our giving page (give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...) and make a gift to support our amazing interns! @uscpress.bsky.social thrives because of the contributions of interns. Help us ensure they receive fair stipends!!

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Happy Pub Day to Carl Borick for his new book, Backcountry Resistance! The extraordinary story of a war fought by the ordinary people of the South Carolina Backcountry uscpress.com/Backcountry-...
#booksky #history #america250

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Meet Natalia, the incredibly creative intern behind the digital campaign for, A Dream Deferred by Akua McDaniel.

If you would like to support students like Natalia, please consider sharing this post and/or donating to our USC Press Internship Stipend Fund at give4garnet.sc.edu/givin.../104...

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Here's a special shout out to USC Press authors for taking the time out of their busy schedules to work with our interns. For Taste the State Georgia, Stephanie presented her campaign ideas to Chef Mitchell, a highlight of the summer!
Donate to USC Interns here: give4garnet.sc.edu/givin.../104...

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Working on something similar here in South Carolina! FYI @aupresses.bsky.social

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At @uscpress.bsky.social we are gearing up for the 2026 #Give4Garnet. Our focus is our undergraduate interns & increasing their stipends. Interns make a tremendous contribution to our operation & their time with us contributes significantly to their careers. Please consider making a donation!

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Opinion | Teens Are Falling Out of Love With Tech

People my age (middle aged) are (unreflective) blue-sky optimists about digital tech. Those younger, not so much: tinyurl.com/ypc8dtma

The middle-aged are also oddly comfortable outsourcing our thinking to GenAI. Thank goodness that younger cohorts value more than so-called efficiency.

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March 11, 2026 YouTube video by Shannon Ivey

For those who missed it, here is the book talk between Shannon Ivey and Dr. Sidney Morrison, moderated by Debbie Billings at All Good Books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQP...

#colorectalcancersurvivor #debutmemoir #booksky

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The partnership that @uscpress.bsky.social has with Francis Marion University to publish CAROLINA CURRENTS is a great example of inter-institutional work for the greater good in South Carolina.

CAROLINA CURRENTS is highlighted in the fall/winter edition of the FMU alumni magazine: lnkd.in/eDeYdVbw

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Inspiring first day at the nonprofit summit organized by Together SC!

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Palmetto and Spartina: morning details from Charleston

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Mom, 42, Shocked to Be Diagnosed With Rectal Cancer After 1 'Mystery' Symptom and Weight Loss She assumed the changes in her body were due to perimenopause or gut issues, but it was rectal cancer, a disease that's on the rise. The single mom navigated treatment on her own.

Hot off the press! Shannon Ivey's article with the @todayshow.com about her journey surviving colorectal cancer: www.today.com/health/women...

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Give4Garnet 2026 is already in the works with Early Giving starting today! To make our internship accessible to even more students, we want to increase the stipend to $1,250 per intern, and we need your support! You can make your early donation here: give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...

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Colorectal Cancer and Self-Advocacy March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related death among Ame...

Shannon Ivey sat down with Maureen Umeh at FOX 5 DC for the start of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to talk about early signs and self-advocacy: www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-46...

#cancersurvivor #colorectalcancer

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For a limited time only, the Ebook version of Shannon Ivey's debut memoir, Welcome to the Sh*t Show, is .99 cents! You can catch this sale wherever you buy Ebooks, so spread the word and don't miss out! bookshop.org/p/books/welc...
#booksky #memoir #booksale #cancermemoir #cancersurvivor

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Registration is open for the 2026 Piedmont Publishing Symposium: lnkd.in/ekTnh6wS

Join 100+ publishing professionals, authors, allies, & students for conversations about the business of independent publishing. HT @cupress.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social UNG Press. FYI @aupresses.bsky.social

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Cover of Carl Borick's BACKCOUNTRY RESISTANCE. Painting by Don Troiani depicting the battle at King's Mountain which depicts Patriot militia in the woods firing on British soliders.

Cover of Carl Borick's BACKCOUNTRY RESISTANCE. Painting by Don Troiani depicting the battle at King's Mountain which depicts Patriot militia in the woods firing on British soliders.

Back cover of Carl Borick's BACKCOUNTRY RESISTANCE. Blurbs featured are from Jim Piecuch, Walter Edgar, Lorri Glover, Alan Pell Crawford, and Rick Atkinson. A painting by Don Troiani, despicting the battle at King's Mountain, is partially featured in the background.

Back cover of Carl Borick's BACKCOUNTRY RESISTANCE. Blurbs featured are from Jim Piecuch, Walter Edgar, Lorri Glover, Alan Pell Crawford, and Rick Atkinson. A painting by Don Troiani, despicting the battle at King's Mountain, is partially featured in the background.

The #250th is upon us & @uscpress.bsky.social has essential reading on the Southern Campaign. Carl Borick tells the story of the soliders in the South Caroina Militia and details the civil war in what was about to become the Palmetto State. FYI @amrevmuseum.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social

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Former Cocky Jamie Ballentine and Cocky's Reading Express cofounder Tommy Preston reading to Cocky at the South Carolina Center for Community Literaracy. Photo by Kim Truett.

Former Cocky Jamie Ballentine and Cocky's Reading Express cofounder Tommy Preston reading to Cocky at the South Carolina Center for Community Literaracy. Photo by Kim Truett.

Celebrating 20 years of Cocky's Reading Express here at @sc.edu! See the full article here: tinyurl.com/mzdfckxz #literacy #allthingsSC

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For 10 years, our Center for Civil Rights History & Research has been telling the story of South Carolina’s major role in the American Civil Rights movement.

More on that history & the important work that the center has done to bring it to life for generations to come. https://youtu.be/sSswXFW3Bt4

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There’s life left in the world of book reviewing!

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