DeBerry and grant calling ... South Carolina club is excited about winning essay contest.When Corrie Claiborne, a member of the Reading Between the Wines Book Club, heard that her group had won the DeBerry and Grant Book Club Contest, she screamed into this editor's ear. "Oh, thank you. That's so great!" Claiborne, an English professor at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina Orangeburg, also known as "The Garden City," is the largest city and county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 12,765 at the 2000 census. The population has steadily declined since the 1950s. , said in a telephone interview later that she was a regular BIBR BIBR Bay Islands Beach Resort (Roatan, Honduras) BIBR Backward Indicator Bit Received reader who saw a notice for the contest just after her group had read Far From the Tree (St. Martin's Press, September 2000). She suggested the group enter and then took care of submitting the required essay. The winning group is relatively new. They were started in October 2003, by Pamela Kimpson, a pharmaceutical sales rep. Another member, Vivian Delgado Johnson, an executive for a cellular phone company, was also "very proactive" in recruiting members and sending out notices, Claiborne said. One thing that unites them is that most are new to South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Claiborne said. "We have just sort of reconstructed a home here," she said. "A lot of women in the group don't find a sense of camaraderie and sisterhood sisterhood: see monasticism. where they work, so that is why they were so interested in joining a book dub" For more information about the authors and the contest, log on to www.deberryandgrant.com. To read the winning essay, log on to bibookreview.com. GROUP PROFILE The Club: Reading Between the Wines Location: Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the state capital and largest city of South Carolina. As of 2006, estimates for the population of the city proper is 122,819[1]. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a small portion of the city extends into Lexington County. Book Preferences: Black fiction Number of Members: 20 How Often They Meet: Every six weeks. Last Book Read: Far From the Tree by Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant Group reaction: Very favorable Next Book: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. , Perennial, December 1998, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-060-93141-8 How They Choose Books: The hostess for each meeting chooses the book for the next meeting. For more information: Call 803-765-1427 |
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