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Course Title: (LIT203) BOOK DISCUSSION: PAT CONROY'S THE WATER IS WIDE

Explore Pat Conroy's The Water Is Wide, a poignant memoir of his year teaching on Daufuskie Island-fictionalized as Yamacraw Island. This discussion-based course delves into several themes, inviting participants to reflect on Conroy's transformative journey and the book's enduring relevance.

NOTE: Attendees are encouraged to read The Water Is Wide before the class.

Course Pre-requisites
(required) OLLI Annual Membership

Course Information: LIT203

Schedule:

March 27, 2026

Times:

10:00am-11:30am EDT

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Price:

Pay as you go: Member : $16.00

Course Notes:

Attendees are encouraged to read The Water Is Wide before the class.

Instructors

Name

Additional Resources

Jonathan Haupt

Biography: JONATHAN HAUPT is the executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, the past director of the University of South Carolina Press, and co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, winner of 17 book awards.

Facility Detail

Hargray Bldg | Room 156

Bluffton campus

1 University Blvd

Bluffton, SC 29909

Facility Resources
Google map link to the USCB Bluffton campus Hargray Bldg