My name — is Paris Hilton, and I am a man, which does me no favors in a Southern town. I am not heir to any dynasty, I have never made a sex video that was viewed by anyone of importance, and I am not a goddamned socialite. My parents merely had an unnatural obsession with Homer …

by Harlan Whatley
From Charleston we drove south on I-95
Through the state of Georgia, where Mr. Allman ate a peach.
And just past the Florida border
Is a little place called Fernandina Beach …

Juilliard in Aiken brings a South Carolina town back to its roots this month.

South Carolina author Peggy Parish published her first book with the character Amelia Bedelia in 1963. Now, 50 years later, the literal-minded maid has her own website, Facebook page and Twitter account.

by Heather Philpot
Even though I was a weird little kid back in the ‘80’s, one with a hideous home perm, a mouthful of braces, and a compulsion to fidget – EVEN with all of that – I considered myself blessed. Blessed, because I had a saint. My saint was …