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NEWBERRY — Newberry College will welcome Upstate author William Buchheit to speak about his book, “The South Carolina State Hospital: Stories from Bull Street” (History Press, 2020). The free lecture and Q&A will be held April 19 at 2 p.m. in the Alumni Music Center Recital Hall.

A native of Spartanburg, Buchheit is an award-winning journalist and photographer. His work on mental illness earned him the 2011 Reporter of the Year award from the South Carolina chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He currently serves as an English instructor at Spartanburg Methodist College.

This event is sponsored by Newberry College’s Division of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.

Buchheit's lecture comes weeks after Dr. Len Lawson, assistant professor of English, launched a new book of poetry also based on the infamous hospital.