Letters Award in Literature. Novel Inspiration Many of Humphreys' novels have been inspired not only by the landscape of Charleston but also from her own life. Many of her characters represent a personal metaphor(Vinh). Most books represent a form of family and community because that was important to Humphreys. Most importantly they reflect Charleston and how its changed from when she was a child to now. One book in particular, Fireman's Fair was rewritten in three months because of the hurricane and its significant impact on the landscape(Magee). Novels Dreams of Sleep (1984) Rich in Love (1987) The Fireman's Fair (1991) Nowhere Else on Earth (2000) See also Southern literature Fellowship of Southern Writers References Josephine Humphreys Full Length Interview for Envision SC. 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr7rF3qsdcQ. Magee, Rosemary M. “Continuity and Separation: An Interview with Josephine Humphreys.” The Southern Review, vol. 27, no. 4, 1991 Autumn 1991, pp. 792–802. mzh. Vinh, Alphonse. “Talking with Josephine Humphreys.” The Southern Quarterly: A Journal of the Arts in the South, vol. 32, no. 4, 1994 Summer 1994, pp. 131–40. mzh. 20th-century American novelists Writers from Charleston, South Carolina Angier B. Duke Scholars Duke University alumni Yale University alumni 1945 births Living people Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winners American women novelists 20th-century American women writers Writers of American Southern literature Novelists from South Carolina 21st-century American women