Aïda Rogers is a writer and editor in Columbia, SC. She teaches "Finding Your Voice: Writing and Editing for Life" in the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina.
Her three-volume anthology series, State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love, was published by the University of South Carolina Press.All views expressed are the author's own.Do you have a unique experience or personal story to share?
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