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What It’s Like to Live Here

Veteran South Carolina poet Ray McManus, the winner of the 2023 Governor’s Award for the Arts, writes beautifully about rural life—from boar hogs to pickup trucks to the hunger that won’t go away.

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Seven Poems From Ray McManus

Ray McManus, a South Carolina-based writer of poetry and prose, today graces Salvation South with seven — count ’em, seven! — new poems.

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Ray McManus

What It’s Like to Live Here

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Seven Poems From Ray McManus

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