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This collection of 145 letters by author and social activist Smith (1897-1966) are accompanied by informative biographical essays written by Gladney, an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Alabama. The letters reveal the strength of a single voice reflecting on a singular life. As a white woman who was outspokenly opposed to the racism that permeated the American South, where she had been raised, Smith addressed the issue prominently in her literary magazine, South Today , co-edited with her lover, Paula Snelling. After publishing Strange Fruit , a controversial novel about an interracial love affair, Smith lectured widely. Letters to Martin Luther King Jr., to Eleanor Roosevelt and to other activists testify to her involvement in the civil rights movement. Other correspondence here documents Smith's concern with the interaction between sexual and racial attitudes and the impact on children, the subject of her autobiographical work, Killers of the Dream. Illustrated .
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
This collection reveals a great deal about Lillian Smith as person, artist, beleaguered social critic and lover.
This collection of 145 letters by author and social activist Smith (1897-1966) are accompanied by informative biographical essays written by Gladney, an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Alabama. The letters reveal the strength of a single voice reflecting on a singular life. As a white woman who was outspokenly opposed to the racism that permeated the American South, where she had been raised, Smith addressed the issue prominently in her literary magazine, South Today , co-edited with her lover, Paula Snelling. After publishing Strange Fruit , a controversial novel about an interracial love affair, Smith lectured widely. Letters to Martin Luther King Jr., to Eleanor Roosevelt and to other activists testify to her involvement in the civil rights movement. Other correspondence here documents Smith's concern with the interaction between sexual and racial attitudes and the impact on children, the subject of her autobiographical work, Killers of the Dream. Illustrated .
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
This collection reveals a great deal about Lillian Smith as person, artist, beleaguered social critic and lover.
New York Times Book Review
An invaluable collection.
Voice Literary Supplement
These letters reinforce and expand the image of Smith that emerges from a reading of her books.
Progressive
Gladney's perceptive, sensitive presentation of a woman too long ignored for her influence and acumen is exemplary.
Women's Review of Books
Makes a significant contribution to American cultural studies.
Journal of American History
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- Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s by Pete Daniel in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940 by Grace Elizabeth Hale in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Creating a Place For Ourselves: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community Histories by Brett Beemyn on page 223
- The Artistry of Anger: Black and White Women's Literature in America, 1820-1860 (Gender and American Culture) by Linda M. Grasso in Back Matter
- Love on the Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War II America by Lori Rotskoff in Back Matter
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