| News Items & Awards
Oklahoma potter Julie Bradley recommends Carolina Clay to readers of her blog, www.thepatientpotter.blogspot.com.
"My take on the book: Loved it! . . . I learned so much more than I would have imagined. I was gently guided into the life of a slave who broke the rules by writing on his pots! . . . [Carolina Clay] is also a rare glimpse into the world of the potteries of Edgefield, SC, which I loved reading about. Makes me want to go there to check out the place. . . . "
—review posted August 26, 2011
Jon Kay, Director of Traditional Arts Indiana, interviews Leonard Todd on www.ArtisanAncestors.com.
In a long and moving podcast interview, Leonard Todd speaks about his decision to write Carolina Clay and the complex research that resulted from that decision. To hear the podcast, go to www.ArtisanAncestors.com and enter "Leonard Todd" in the search box in the upper right corner of the home page. That will take you to Episode 11: Searching for a Slave Potter. Jon Kay has assembled a number of other interviews in this series about researching creative lives and handmade things, each one worth a visit.
—episode recorded February 21, 2011
Carolina Clay named "Best South Carolina Local History Book."
The South Carolina Genealogical Society chose Leonard Todd for this award at the end of its annual Publications Competition.
—presented November 13, 2010
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"Edgefield author wins top South Carolina writing award. . . .
Carolina Clay . . . has earned Leonard Todd the 2009 South Carolina Center for the Book Award for Writing, presented by the South Carolina Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress."
—Louise Keith Claussen, The Augusta Chronicle/On the Artside, July 22, 2009
Carolina Clay by Leonard Todd is named one of four finalists for the National Award for Arts Writing. This prestigious award is given each year by the Arts Club of Washington, D. C., to single out books that make the arts more vibrant and interesting to the general readership. Kim Roberts, award administrator, said of Carolina Clay, "We found the writing so compelling."
— The Arts Club of Washington, March 2009
"Leonard Todd has written Dave's first biography, Carolina Clay, [which has] also spurred museum interest. On Feb. 24, the Greenville County Museum of Art in South Carolina will unveil the first of several Dave vessels it has acquired. 'Leonard's book certainly was a big motivation' for the purchases, said Thomas W. Styron, the director of the Greenville museum, which will present a two-handle storage jar with a dreamy inscription about constellations:
the sun moon and — stars =
in the west are a plenty of — bears."
—Eve Kahn, The New York Times, February 6, 2009
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