12 September 2010

My Lowcountry 3 Book Club (and YouTube)

As many of you know, the BDC focuses our limited funds and selection time to non-fiction materials about the history, culture, and environment of our part of South Carolina. But that doesn't mean we are completely hands-off when it comes to novels. We leave the promotion of local novels and fiction authors to the considerable skills of others.

Q: Did you know that My Lowcountry 3 evening news has a Book Club segment hosted by Amanda Brewer?

A: Odds are you may not have heard about it. Today, for a change of pace, I want to highlight the My Lowcountry 3 Book Club and its hostess, my Reference Librarian colleague, Amanda Brewer.

Please note: Ms. Brewer does the Book Club segment on her own off-duty time.

Brewer, a reference librarian at our Beaufort Branch, recently interviewed Carl E. Linke, author of Haint Blue, on television My Lowcountry 3. His novel, set in Beaufort (SC), has main character Kip Drummond challenged at home and at work by changing economic conditions. A developer wants his land -- and his livelihood. What dirty secret does the developer threaten to expose? Click on the screen below to view the 4 minute, 12 second YouTube video.

If you've just watched the video, you heard why Linke decided to use Gullah dialect in his novel. Here are a few of the resources we have in the BDC about the use of written Gullah in literature:

A Study of American Literature which incorporates the use of the Gullah dialect by Marcia Marvin Lavely [microfiche] at call number SC 427.9757 LAV

The Representation of the Gullah dialect in Francis Griswold's "A Sea Island Lady" by Mailande Cheney Sledge at call number SC 427.9757 SLE

The seminal study of Gullah dialect is Africanisms in the Gullah dialect by Lorenzo Dow Turner. We have several different editions and revised editions in the BCL.

(The only downside is that you'll need to wait until we re-open September 30th to read some of the suggested titles above).

Don't forget to search YouTube for other Amanda Brewer and/or BCL related videos!

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