Greetings from Charleston: Rants and Raves from The Post & Courier Columnist
by Brian Hicks
Greetings from Charleston collects the best and most notorious of Hicks’ columns, as selected by Brian himself and The Post and Courier Managing Editor Rick Nelson. This softcover publication features brand new commentary and columns never-before-seen in print, as well as behind-the-scenes tales from the guy whose only job description is to “stir it up.”
Softcover, History
$27.95
He’s been called a liberal Yankee from Massachusetts, a shill for the Republican Party and a lot of other things that can’t be listed here. For the past decade, Brian Hicks has been slaughtering the Lowcountry’s sacred cows by the herd in his thrice-weekly metro column, and it’s provoked, uh, reactions. Hicks’ award-winning column has become part of the local conversation on politics, life in South Carolina and Mark Sanford’s love life. (Though not necessarily in that order.)
Greetings from Charleston collects the best and most notorious of Hicks’ columns, as selected by Brian himself and The Post and Courier Managing Editor Rick Nelson. This softcover publication features brand new commentary and columns never-before-seen in print, as well as behind-the-scenes tales from the guy whose only job description is to “stir it up.”
About the Author
Brian Hicks is a metro columnist for The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, and the author or coauthor of eight previous books.
His column, which appears three times a week, has won three Green Eyeshade Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, two in 2016 – one for humorous commentary, another for serious commentary. In all, Hicks has won more than 30 awards for his journalism, including South Carolina Press Association honors for Journalist of the Year. He has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, National Public Radio, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and in Smithsonian magazine.
His books include Sea of Darkness, City of Ruin, When the Dancing Stopped and Ghost Ship. Hicks’ book, The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston, won the national Silver IPPY Award for Biography from the Independent Book Publishers Association in 2016. His Toward the Setting Sun and Raising the Hunley were selections of the Book-of-the-Month Club, as well as the Military and History Book Clubs.
He lives in Charleston.
