The late Pat Conroy isn't done publishing.  "A Lowcountry Heart," described as a collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by work from his friends, will be released on Oct. 25, a day before what would have been his 71st birthday.

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At the time of Conroy's funeral and visitation this spring in Beaufort, S.C., his longtime editor Nan A. Talese told the AJC he was about 200 pages into a new novel, to be titled "The Storms of Aquarius."

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Carleigh Knight (left) and her sister, Natalie Rogovin, look at Christmas ornaments while shopping at Kudzu Antiques + Modern in Decatur on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

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