Marked by the Water

In this collection of poetry, prose, and visual art, thirty artists from Columbia, SC and neighboring vicinities respond to the commemoration of the first anniversary of the thousand year flood of their city and its surroundings which occurred on October 4th, 2015. Literary artists include Jennifer Bartell, Cynthia Boiter, Claudia Smith Brinson, Paul Toliver Brown, Bugsy Calhoun, Tim Conroy, Carla Damron, Worthy Evans, Rachel Haynie, Bill Higgins, Len Lawson, Ed Madden, James D. McCallister, Lindsay McManus, Eric Morris, Lindsay Oliver, Nicole Seitz, Kendal Turner, and Nicola Waldron. Visual artists include Allen Anderson, Eileen Blyth, Lauren Chapman, Stephen Chesley, Michael Dantzler, Susan Lenz, Lee Malerich, Glenn Saborosch, and Laura Spong. The collection is edited by Cynthia Boiter with Ed Madden serving as poetry editor and Mary Bentz Gilkerson as art editor. This project was supported by a Connected Communities grant from Central Carolina Community Foundation.